Description
The master degree program in public health is designed for individuals seeking academic professional training in public health. The program equips students with the specific knowledge and skills of public health and its promotion necessary for a career in settings ranging from government health institutions, national and international non-governmental organizations, voluntary and for-profit agencies to community-based agencies. The program familiarizes students with fundamental knowledge and skills of public health theory and application in managing public health programs and research. The course aims to produce professionals with degree of master of public health (MPH) in order to achieve better management of quality public health services to maintain a healthy life to contribute in the socio-economic development of the country, through evidence based public health program implementation in collaboration with relevant sectors.
Objectives
General Objective
To train skilled public health specialists with management, research and advocacy capabilities to meet national and international demand on public health
Specific Objectives
In order to address the national and international public health problems, the MPH graduate must be able to perform the following core public health functions:
- Diagnose and investigate health problems and health hazards in the community
- Monitor health status to identify community health problems
- Inform, educate, and empower people about health issues
- Mobilize community partnerships to identify and solve health problems
- Develop policies and plans that support individual and community health efforts
- Enforce laws and regulations that protect health and ensure safety
- Link people to needed personal health services and ensure the provision of health care when otherwise unavailable
- Ensure a competent public health and personal health care workforce
- Evaluate effectiveness, accessibility, and quality of personal and population based health services
- Ensure proactive and reactive measures to address natural calamities and man-made disasters
- Research for new insights and innovative solution to public health problems
Curricular structure
There is a total of 1200 marks in the course. These marks are distributed over two years of the program – 800 in first year and 400 in second year. There are 12 papers with 100 marks each including thesis. The outline of the course is given in the following tables.
Eligibility
Those who are interested in admission to the master of Public Health (MPH) program should have fulfilled the following requirements-
a. Academic qualification in Bachelor in Health Science in following subjects
| i. Public Health | ii. Public Health Nutrition |
| iii. Nutrition and Health | iv. Pharmacy |
| v. Medical Biochemistry | vi. Medical laboratory |
| vii. Health Promotion and Education | viii. Optometry |
| ix. Epidemiology | x. Radiography |
| xi. Nutrition | xii. Ayurvedic Medicine |
| xiii. Environmental Health | xiv. Homeopathy |
| xv. Occupation Health | xvi. Dentistry |
| xvii. Nursing, medicine | xviii. Speech, Audiology Language Pathology |
| xix. Physiotherapy | xx. Veterinary science |
MPH program-course structure
Year I |
Year II |
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Paper |
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Full Mark |
Paper |
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Full Mark |
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I |
Public Health Theory & Practices and International Health |
100 |
IX |
Public Policy, Health Policy and Evidence Based Public Health Practice |
100 |
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II |
Health System Management and Health Economics
A: Health System Management 60 B: Health Economics 40 |
60+40 |
X |
Applied Health System Management and Health Care Financing A: National Health Management Policy and System 60 B: Health Care Financing 40 |
60+40 |
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III |
Epidemiology |
100 |
XII |
Biostatistics II |
50 |
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IV |
Biostatistics and Research Methods A: Biostatistics I 50 B: Research Methods 50 |
50+50 |
XIII |
Practicum |
50 |
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V |
Health Promotion and Education |
100 |
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Thesis |
100 |
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VI |
Family Health and Nutrition A: Family Health 70 Part B: Food and Nutrition 30 |
70+30 |
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VII |
Environmental and Occupational Health A: Environmental Health 70 B: Occupational Health 30 |
70+30 |
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VIII |
Applied Sociology, Anthropology and Demography and Health A.Applied Sociology and Anthropology in Public Health 50 B. Demography and Health 50 |
50+50 |
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First Year |
800 |
Second Year |
400 |
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Total Marks 1200 |
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Admission Process
Candidates should pass the entrance examination of Commision of Medical Education.
Contact Address
Central Department of Public Health
Institute of Medicine
Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, Nepal
Email: cdph@iom.edu.np
Telephone: 977-1-4435033