Background:
It is known that the government has been working to increase the number of health professionals in all parts of Ethiopia since a decade ago. As a result the department of public was opened as one of the pioneer department in the college of health sciences, Debre Markos University in 2001 E.C. Currently, the department of public health has more than 160 undergraduate and over 250 postgraduate students and nearly 60 academic staffs .The department is teaching students in the main and Bure campus through a regular, evening and summer programs. The department currently has 4 postgraduate programs: GMPH; MPH Nutrition, MPH RH, and MPH Epidemiology specialists are planning to open another 5 more postgraduate and 1 PhD programs in the future.
Vision
- Department of public health aspire to be the leading public health institute in Eastern Africa, in 2030.
Mission
- To produce qualified public health professionals to the health care industry
- To undertake researches targeting to solve public health problems so as enhance evidence based public health
- To provide demand driven community services to alleviate public health problems in the community
Core values and principles:
- Professionalism
- Respect for staffs
- Customer first
- Punctuality
- Discipline
- Mutual respect
- team work
- Honesty
- Creativity
- Serving the community
Programs in the department of public health offered currently:
- Undergraduate program
Bachelor of Science in public health
- Postgraduate programs
- General master of public health
- Master of public health in reproductive health
- Master of public health in Epidemiology
Programs planned to be started in the department of public health in near future:
A. Postgraduate programs
- Master of public health in health promotion and communication
- Master of public health in biostatistics
- Master of public health in health services management
- Master of public health in health economics
- Master of public health in infectious and tropical diseases
B. PHD program
- PhD in public health
