Faculty of Health Sciences
The Faculty of Health Sciences offers a wide range of health-related programs that reflect the multidisciplinary nature of modern healthcare. It trains professionals who play vital roles in promoting health, preventing disease, and improving the well-being of individuals and communities.
Programs Offered:
- Public Health
- Midwifery
- Nutrition and Food Science
- Medical Laboratory
- Nursing
- Optometry
- Pharmacy
Programs Overview:
- Public Health
Program Overview:
Focuses on population health, disease prevention, health policy, and epidemiology. Students are equipped to assess health trends, manage community health programs, and contribute to public health policy and advocacy.
Graduate Profile:
- Design and implement community health programs
- Analyze health data and manage public health campaigns
- Work with NGOs, government agencies, or international organizations
- Promote health education and disease prevention strategies
- Contribute to health systems research and planning
- Midwifery
Program Overview:
Prepares students to provide essential care for mothers and newborns before, during, and after childbirth. The program emphasizes maternal health, safe delivery practices, and reproductive health education.
Graduate Profile:
- Assist in prenatal, delivery, and postnatal care
- Provide counseling and family planning services
- Promote maternal and neonatal health in clinical and community settings
- Work in hospitals, health centers, or maternal health programs
- Support safe and respectful maternity care
- Nutrition and Food Science
Program Overview:
This program trains students to understand human nutrition, dietary planning, and the role of food in health and disease. It blends food science, public health, and clinical nutrition to combat malnutrition and promote well-being.
Graduate Profile:
- Assess nutritional status and develop diet plans
- Work in public health nutrition, hospitals, or food programs
- Monitor food safety and nutrition-related policies
- Conduct research on diet-related diseases and community health
- Promote awareness of balanced diets and healthy lifestyles
- Medical Laboratory
Program Overview:
Covers clinical diagnostics, laboratory procedures, and biomedical analysis. Students gain practical skills in microbiology, hematology, pathology, and molecular biology, crucial for accurate disease diagnosis.
Graduate Profile:
- Conduct laboratory tests to support clinical diagnoses
- Operate and maintain diagnostic laboratory equipment
- Ensure laboratory safety and quality control
- Work in hospitals, diagnostic labs, or research institutions
- Contribute to disease surveillance and outbreak investigation
- Nursing
Program Overview:
Trains students to deliver patient-centered care across the healthcare continuum. The curriculum includes clinical practice, patient safety, pharmacology, and ethics, preparing nurses for roles in various healthcare settings.
Graduate Profile:
- Provide nursing care in hospitals, clinics, and communities
- Administer medication and monitor patient recovery
- Educate patients and families on health maintenance
- Collaborate with medical teams in acute and long-term care
- Advocate for patient rights and ethical care standards
- Optometry
Program Overview:
Focuses on eye health, vision testing, and correction of visual impairments. Students learn to perform eye exams, prescribe corrective lenses, and detect eye diseases requiring medical or surgical attention.
Graduate Profile:
- Conduct vision screenings and eye examinations
- Prescribe corrective lenses and manage basic eye disorders
- Refer patients for specialized ophthalmic care
- Promote eye health awareness and preventive measures
- Work in eye clinics, optical centers, or public health programs
- Pharmacy
Program Overview:
This program provides comprehensive knowledge in pharmacology, medicinal chemistry, drug dispensing, and patient care. Students are trained in the safe and effective use of medicines and pharmaceutical services.
Graduate Profile:
- Dispense medications and counsel patients on drug use
- Prepare and compound pharmaceutical formulations
- Monitor patient medication therapies and drug interactions
- Work in hospitals, pharmacies, or pharmaceutical companies
- Support drug safety, regulation, and public health initiatives
