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The Department of Community Health and Primary Care was created in August 2008 with the merger of the former Department of Community Health and the academic component of the former Institute of Child Health and Primary Care. Courses offered by the Department start in the first year of the Medical School curriculum and run throughout the whole curriculum. Students are taught the principles and applications of Medical Sociology, Medical Statistics, Epidemiology, Environmental and Occupational Health, Principles and Practice of Primary Health Care and General Medical Practice, Maternal and Child Health, Health Management Planning and Development. The Department has now integrated the use of Information Technology (IT) in Medicine and Medical Research into its curriculum. In addition, each student must carry out and report on a community health project before they can graduate from the College of Medicine.
In all these activities, the objectives of the Department remain to facilitate the achievement of the main goal of the College which is to produce doctors of high quality in numbers required to meet the health care delivery system. The
focus of the teaching programmes in the Department is to
The department encourages inter-departmental teaching as a strategy for presenting man as an integral part of his total environment. The department thus supports and promotes collaboration with other departments such as Medical Microbiology and Parasitology, Paediatrics and Obstetrics and Gynaecology.
The department provides postgraduate training in Master of Public Health Degree (MPH) programme as well as a Master of Science in Public Health (M.ScPH) programme. The MPH programme is a full time course which extends over a period of twelve months and prepares Doctors for leadership positions in the public and private sectors of the health system. The Master of Science in Public Health (MSc Public Health) is offered in four options: Epidemiology, Health Management, General Public Health and Medical Statistics. The MSc Public Health programme is run part time as well as full time and is open to all graduates with a first degree in Physical and Natural Sciences.
In collaboration with the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, the Department supports a Residency Training programme in Public Health which leads to the award of the Fellowship of the National Postgraduate Medical College of Nigeria. As at today, well over 50% of all Fellows of the National College in Public Health were trained in the Department. Most of the remaining Fellows of the College (i.e. those who became Fellow through examination) must have attended one short course or the other at the Department. The Department has achieved for itself a reputation in postgraduate medical education.
Academic members of staff serve as Honorary Consultants to the Lagos University Teaching Hospital and thus provide expert clinical and community based services. Members also serve on various technical committees at Federal, State and Local level in support of the Country’s health system.
Research activities in the Department cover areas in health system development, health management, primary health care, epidemiology, population dynamics, sociology, occupational and environmental health, maternal and child health and family medicine.
In addition, the Departmental Library now stocks current journals and electronic data bases in different areas of Public Health to promote academic excellence.
To be the top Community Health department in Medical School in Nigeria using most current technology to facilitate teaching, research and service in Public Health and Primary Care.
As an integral part of the University and the College of Medicine, the mission of the Department of Community Health and Primary Care is to use the most qualified manpower and modern but appropriate technology to produce health workers with knowledge, skills and competencies in the promotion and protection of health.
On behalf of my colleagues, teaching and non-teaching staff and students of the Department of Community Health and Primary Care, Faculty of Clinical Sciences of College of Medicine, University of Lagos, I welcome you to the Department of Community Health and Primary Care. The Department with the lasting tradition of educational excellence in training and nurturing the best medical students at undergraduate level and the best health care managers at postgraduate level.
Professor & HOD
PROF. ABOSEDE, OLAYINKA AKANKE
Professor
OSIBOGUN, AKINSANYA OLAYIDE
Professor
EKANEM EKANEM EFFIONG
Professor
ONAJOLE ADEBAYO TEMITAYO
Associate Professor
DR. INEM, VICTOR AKPAN
Associate Professor
ODEYEMI KOFOWOROLA ABIMBOLA
Associate Professor
OGUNNOWO BABATUNDE ENITAN
Associate Professor
AYANKOGBE OLAYINKA OLUFUNMI
Senior Lecturer
OLUFUNLAYO TOLULOPE FLORENCE
Senior Lecturer
ROBERTS ALERO ANNE
Senior Lecturer
ORIDOTA EZEKIEL SOFOLA
Senior Lecturer
OLATONA FOLUKE ADENIKE
Senior Lecturer
BALOGUN MOBOLANLE RASHEEDAT
Senior Lecturer
ABIOLA OLATUNJI ABDULKAREEM
Senior Lecturer
ONIGBOGI OLANREWAJU OLUSOLA
Senior Lecturer
ODUKOYA OLUWAKEMI OLOLADE
Senior Lecturer
OKAFOR IFEOMA PEACE
Senior Lecturer
SEKONI ADEKEMI OLUWAYEMISI
Senior Lecturer
ODUGBEMI TINUOLA OMOTOMILAYO
Lecturer I
KANMA-OKAFOR OLUCHI JOAN
Lecturer I
LADI-AKINYEMI TEMITOPE WUNMI
Lecturer I
OGUNYEMI ADEDOYIN OYEYIMIKA
Lecturer I
ADEJIMI ADEBOLA AFOLAKE
Lecturer I
OLUWOLE ESTHER OLUWAKEMI
Lecturer I
AKODU, BABATUNDE ABDULMAJEED
Assit. Lecturer
AKINSOLA OLUWATOSIN JONADAB
CHIEF RESEARCH NURSING OFFICER
ABAYOMI, FOLUKE OLABISI (MRS.)
CHIEF CONF. SEC.
ONI, ABIGAIL OLUFUNKE (MRS.)
ASST. CHIEF RESEARCH NURSE
OLADEINDE, OMOSALEWA KUDIRAT (MRS.)
ASST. CHIEF LABORATORY TECHNOLOGIST
ODUSAMI, OLUSEGUN TAIWO (MR.)
ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
IHEJIRIKA BERNADETTE CAROLINE (MRS.)
PRINCIPAL MACHINE SUPERINTENDENT (CLERICAL DUTIES)
OLADEJI, SAMUEL OLAWUYI (MR.)
ASST. DATA PROCESSING OFFICER
OLAOGUN, MUYIBI AKANJI (MR.)
LABORATORY SUPERITENDENT
AKINRUJOMU, VINCENT THORPE
ADMINISTRATIVE ASSISTANT
OBASANJO, FUNMILAYO OLABISI
OFFICE ASSISTANT
AJIBOYE LOLA FELICIA
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