Addis Ababa University School of Public Health Courses and Requirements

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The SPH is organized into two departments, i.e., the Department of Reproductive Health and Health Service Management and the Department of Preventive Medicine. The School runs six programs: Master of Public Health including General MPH and specialty tracks in four subject areas (Epidemiology, Health Management, Environmental Health and Reproductive Health); the Ethiopian Field Epidemiology and Laboratory Training Program (EFELTP) in collaboration with the Ministry of Health – a competency-based training program designed to improve public health surveillance and epidemic control in the country; the Health Informatics training program which is jointly owned by the Faculty of Informatics and SPH in the same university and an MPH sandwich program designed for stakeholders such as the Ministry of Health.

The School provides teaching services in seven public health courses for undergraduate medical students starting from the second and third year and culminating with a one-week orientation and five-week intensive rural community health training program at Zeway town, which is located 160 kilometers south of Addis Ababa. This training provides medical students with hands-on experience in health center activities, different from the tertiary level teaching hospital in which they are trained. Furthermore, it provides tools to diagnose community health problems and design conduct, analyze, present and report small scale research and conduct nutritional surveys and interventions. SPH also stretches to provide courses to undergraduate and graduate students for institutions under the College of Health Sciences. The SPH is currently located at two sites: on the premises of the TASH as well as in Zewditu Memorial Hospital.

Vision

The SPH envisions being a regional center of public health excellence in problem solving training, advancement of knowledge, advocacy including operational research and involvement in conducting international and national community services as well as continuing education on the basis of demand from the Ministry of Health and other agencies.

Mission

The SPH is dedicated to the education of public health professionals; to the discovery, application and dissemination of new knowledge; and the promotion of health and prevention of diseases in Ethiopia by assisting governmental, non-governmental and international agencies in policy development, planning, implementation and evaluation of public health programs.

Administrative Structure

Following the restructuring at the Addis Ababa University, a Dean was appointed to lead the SPH, along with two department heads. The departments all together have seven units and run various undergraduate and postgraduate programs. Most of the human resources management is carried out centrally at the College level. The School has an Academic Commission composed of department heads and staff members and a PhD representative. In addition, the Appointment and Promotions Committee and the Research and Ethics standing committees work to assist the Academic Commission.

Admission Requirements for MPH Programs

Program	Academic Requirements	Other Requirements
General MPH	MD, DVM, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Nursing, BSc in Pharmacy, BSc in Midwifery, BSc in Dentistry, BSc in Environmental Health	– Government Sponsorship – At least two years of work experience (except for female scholarship applicants)
MPH in Epidemiology & Biostatistics	MD, DVM, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Nursing, BSc in Pharmacy, BSc in Midwifery, BSc in Dentistry, BSc in Health Informatics, BSc in Statistics
MPH in Field Epidemiology	MD, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Nursing, BSc in Pharmacy, BSc in Midwifery, BSc in Dentistry, BSc in Health Informatics, DVM, BSc in Statistics, BSc in Environmental Health, BSc in Medical Laboratory Technology
MPH in Health Services Management	MD, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Nursing, BSc in Pharmacy, BSc in Midwifery, BSc in Dentistry, BA in Management, BA in Sociology, BA in Economics
MPH in Health Economics	MD, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Pharmacy, BA in Management, BA in Sociology, BA in Economics
Masters in Hospital Administration	MD, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Pharmacy, BA in Management, BA in Sociology, BA in Economics
MPH in Health Promotion	MD, DVM, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Nursing, BSc in Pharmacy, BSc in Midwifery, BSc in Health Promotion, BSc in Dentistry, BSc in Environmental Health
MPH in Environmental and Occupational Health	MD, DVM, BSC in Public Health, BSc in Occupational Health, BSc in Applied Chemistry, BSc in Environmental Health
MPH in Nutrition	MD, BSc in Public Health, BSc in Nursing, BSc in Midwifery, BSc in Nutrition
MPH in Reproductive & Family Health	MD, BSc in Public health, BSc in Midwifery, BSc in Nursing, BSc in Demography

Academic Programs

The SPH is involved in undergraduate training programs as well as graduate programs. The graduate programs include Master’s in Public Health, namely, General MPH, Master’s in Health Informatics as well as Doctoral programs in Public Health.

Program	Level	Duration of training
MPH program Specialty tracks	MPH	2 years
General MPH	MPH	2 years
Field Epidemiology and Lab training Program (EFELTP)	MPH	2 years
Health Informatics	MSc	2 years
Master’s in Hospital and Health Care Administration	MSc	2 years
PhD program	PhD in Public Health	4 years

Other than the above programs, the School delivers in-service training in Monitoring and Evaluation, Reproductive Health Commodity Security Leadership training.

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