Introduction

The Master of Public Health (MPH) offered by the Faculty of Graduate studies and Research at Somali National University, is planned as a twenty-four months post-graduate degree program.

 

Mission Statement

To bring a qualitative and quantitative revolution in medical education by providing an environment geared towards promoting research and academic culture in order to improve the existing healthcare system.

This will be brought about through education and research for the scientific development of health policies, translation of policies into feasible action plans and executing such plans.

 

 Vision Statement

To train health professionals through Bio-Psycho-Social Model and develop human resources required for meaningful, multidisciplinary health care.

 

  Institutional Goal

The Institutional goal is to improve the health of the population through enhancing human resource development and improving the health related policy through research and practices.

 

Institutional Objectives

    The objectives of the institution are to:

Produce competent, committed and skilled public health Assist in the translation of the knowledge into sound evidence-based policies and

Prepare leadership in public Develop, administer and evaluate health policies and

Participate directly in efforts to improve the health of the community using community-based and health systems’ assessment of preventive/curative

Conduct basic and applied research relevant to the description, risk factors and interventions for the resolution of health problems in the human

 

Goals and Objectives of the MPH Program

The MPH program aims to improve the health status of the population, which is to be achieved by providing public health and health care professionals with a high-quality postgraduate training program in public health sciences.

 

 Objectives of the MPH Program

The graduates of the MPH program are prepared to:

Solve health-related problems within the financial, socio-cultural, environmental and political framework of Pakistan and its surrounding

Design, conduct, analyze and interpret the results of relevant studies, projects and Plan, manage, monitor and evaluate interventions in the field of public

Communicate public health messages to diverse audience Advocate sound public health policies and

The Master of Public Health program will provide experienced professionals with a thorough grounding in population-based approaches to health sector problem identification, investigation, and analysis and response management.

 

 Program Duration, Credits and Medium of Instruction

The total program consists of 45 credits. One credit is equivalent to 18 hours of formal teaching/contact hours. English is the medium of instruction and examination for the MPH program.

 

 Session-wise Distribution:

The distribution of the core and elective courses in the three sessions is given in the following tables.

                                                                       

   Year I Session I

Applied Epidemiology I
Applied Biostatistics one
Research Methods one (Quantitative)

 

                                                                           

 Year I Session II:  

Sexual and Reproductive Health
Research Methods two (Qualitative)
Infectious Diseases Control and Prevention

 

Year I   Session III:

Applied epidemiology two
Applied biostatistics two
Health System Leadership and Management

 

                                                                             

Year II:  Session IV: 

Occupational and Environmental Health
Health informatics
Health Economics and health financing
Research project