Kilimanjaro Christian Medical College
PO Box 2240, Moshi, Tanzania,East Africa.

Phone Contact:
+255 27 2754377-2753616

Fax:
+255 27 2751351

Email:
psec@kcmc.ac.tz

MASTER OF PUBLIC HEALTH (MPH) PROGRAMME

Aim of the course

• To encourage a multi-disciplinary approach to the problems of Public Health and to train professionals who will be better able to cope with the continuing process of change and who will act as leaders in initiating and developing these changes.
• To provide MPH level training to physicians (e.g. RMOs, DMOs), senior nurses and allied health professionals in Tanzania to enable them to implement action orientated intervention programmes, particularly in disease control.

Course Objectives

• To enable students to acquire basic skills over the wide range of disciplines in Public Health, to appreciate the contributions made by the different disciplines and to develop the ability to work with multi-disciplinary teams.
• To equip students with management skills to enable them to cope with change and to act as leaders for this change.
• To develop an understanding of factors affecting health, delivery of health care, and formation of health policy.
• To enable students to carry out critical evaluation of published material and to develop the ability to interpret and apply this information in the context of Public Health practice.

Course Structure

External link to:

• Tumaini University

Sister Colleges:

• Iringa University College
• Makumira University College

KCM College News

• APPLICATION FOR ADMISSION, POSTGRADUATE DEGREE PROGRAMMES

• APPLICATION FORM UNDERGRADUATES DEGREE PROGRAMMES

• FEES STRUCTURES

• KCM COLLEGE ADMISSIONS 2006 - 2007 SELECTED STUDENTS

• MEDICAL EXAMINATION

• KCM COLLEGE ADMISSIONS REQUREMENTS ALL PROGRAMMES

• ACADEMIC CALENDER 2007-08

    Last modified: August 27, 2007. (Joshua)

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