Public Health

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Back ground of the Department

The Department of Public Health was initially established in 2011 under the College of Medicine and Health Science, Dire Dawa University. It started public health (MPH) training Program” in collaboration with Haramaya University in 2011. Soon after starting Public Health/MPH Training, Family health program (Post basic) was launched in October, 2012 in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Health (FMoH) and Dire Dawa Health Bureau. Thereafter, enrollment of MPH/Public Health students started since 2011 which still continues annually. The Department of Public Health (DPH) is staffed with 24 academic staff consisting Three (3) unit under its jurisdiction.

The units under Public Health Departments are:

·         Unit of Family Health (post basic)

·         Unit of Human Nutrition

·         Unit of Health system (GPH)

Currently, the DPH is running one Undergraduate Programs (UG): BSc in Family Health (post basic) and two (2) PG fields in Regular, Weekend and Summer program. The tracks include: General MPH and PH in nutrition

 In line with the University’s vision and the Growth and Transformation plan (GTP), DPH is progressively working in expanding the programs of undergraduate (UG) and post graduate (PG) studies.

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