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HEALTH EDUCATION CENTRE

At the beginning of the 1975/76 academic year, the first African Regional Health Education Centre was established as a Unit within the Department of Preventive and Social Medicine of the Faculty of Medicine of this University.

The need for preparing health workers who are professionally qualified in health education to meet the special health needs of African countries has been stressed by the Organization of African Unity, the WHO African Regional member countries, and also at various WHO technical discussions. It was as a result of this mutual concern that the Health Education Centre came to be established, primarily to serve the needs of the Anglophone countries of Africa. The Federal Government of Nigeria, WHO and UNICEF are co-operating with the University of Ibadan in the development of the Centre with the following aims in view:

  • To develop and consolidate facilities for preparation of specialists at postgraduate level for the Anglophone countries in Africa and
  • To develop facilities for applied research into behavioural problems related to public health practice and the solution needed for policy formation and planning of health programmes in Africa.

Two programmes are currently being run at the Centre: the Master of Public Health Degree and the Advanced Diploma Certificate in Health Education. The former is a postgraduate programme and the latter non-graduate. In setting up these two Programmes, the prevailing requirements for other degrees and diplomas conferred by this University were closely adhered to. The holders of the Master of Pubic Health Degrees with specialization in health education could potentially be placed as key personnel in Health Education Units, Training Institutions, research projects in the Ministries of Health, Education or Welfare, as well as in Professional Organizations and Voluntary Agencies.

Further details on admission requirements duration of the courses, etc. are included in the Faculty of Medicine Prospectus.