Diploma in Public Health

Course Overview

To meet the increasing demand for highly trained public health specialists, we are offering a Diploma in Public Health designed to prepare you to investigate, evaluate and address public health challenges, whatever your professional background. 

Diploma in Public Health is designed to develop public health skill. This course utilizes a variety of teaching and learning techniques. These include seminars, journal clubs, collaborative learning, group discussions, case studies, lecture-discussions, assignments, hands-on training on computers, visits to organizations of public health interest, fieldwork and practicum and field projects. It is an interdisciplinary course both in its content and teaching.

Programme Learning Outcomes

On successful completion of this programme, students should be able to:

  • Critically analyze theories and issues related to public health;
  • Construct arguments around the social, political and economic factors determining the health of populations;
  • Demonstrate competence in the key underpinning disciplines and theories of public health including epidemiology, communicable diseases including health care associated infections, biostatistics, social and behavioral sciences and social policy;
  • Analyze and synthesize evidence and apply it to public health;
  • Demonstrate enhanced knowledge in the chosen specialist pathway (health promotion, health protection, epidemiology and biostatistics).

Module 1

  1. Introduction
  2. Epidemiology
  3. Social and behavioral foundation of primary health care
  4. Health illness and behavior
  5. Social environment and Health
  6. Social reactions to diseases
  7. Environmental Health
  8. Public health in practice

Module 2

  1. Introduction to Water, Sanitation and Hygiene
  2. Hygiene Promotion
  3. Water Supply Standards: Water Quality
  4. Water and Sanitation initial needs Assessments
  5. Health Promotion and Community Participation

Module 3

  1. Introduction to Epidemiology
  2. Analytic epidemiology
  3. Epidemic disease occurrence
  4. Data collection and summarizing
  5. Measures of risk and measures of association

Module 4

  1. Displaying Public health Data: Graphs, maps and computer technology
  2. Public health surveillance
  3. Investigating and Outbreak

Date: 1st of every Month

Mode of Delivery: Online

Have a good and stable internet connection

Have Basic IT skills

Duration: 6 Months

For more information on the programme,  

email us: info@horizontraininginstitute.org