University of Zambia School of Public Health
{{Short description|Medical school in Zambia}}
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|city = Lusaka
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The University of Zambia School of Public Health (UNZASPH), is one of the schools that comprise the University of Zambia College of Health Sciences.{{cite web|access-date=22 August 2018 |url=http://www.unza.zm/uncategorised/unza-splits-school-of-medicine-into-four-schools |title=UNZA Splits School of Medicine Into Four Schools |location=Lusaka |date=2 September 2016 | publisher=University of Zambia (UNZA) |author=UNZA}}
Location
The campus of UZASPH is located at the Ridgeway Campus of the University, at the corner of Burma Road and Nationalist Road, in the city of Lusaka, the capital and largest city of Zambia.{{cite web|date=June 2016 | url=http://medicine.unza.zm/department/public-health/overview | access-date=22 August 2018 |title=About the School of Public Health of the University of Zambia |publisher=University of Zambia School of Medicine |author=UNZA School of Medicine | location=Lusaka}}
History
The origins of the UNZASPH date back to 1970s, when the Department of Public Health was established at University of Zambia School of Medicine. In July 2016, the university split the School of Medicine into four stand-alone schools, namely: (1) University of Zambia School of Medicine (2) University of Zambia School of Health Sciences (3) University of Zambia School of Nursing and (4) University of Zambia School of Public Health.
Departments
At inception, in July 2016, the school had the following departments: (1) Department of Environmental Health (2) Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics (3) Department of Health Policy and Management (4) Department of Health Promotion and Population Studies. At that time, there were twenty-two full-time lecturers supported by visiting lecturers.{{cite web|access-date=22 August 2018 |url=https://www.uib.no/en/cih/101441/successful-capacity-building-zambia-%E2%80%93-new-school-public-health |date=10 October 2016 |title=Successful capacity building in Zambia – a new School of Public Health |publisher=University of Bergen | author=University of Bergen |location=Bergen, Norway}}
Collaboration
In 2002, Professor Knut Fylkesnes of the Centre for International Health at the University of Bergen who has been active in Zambia since the 1990s, established a working relationship with the University of Zambia. Under this arrangement, the University of Bergen offers training to qualified Zambians at Masters and Doctorate levels in Bergen, on condition that they return to Zambia after completing their education. As of October 2016, fifty-five Zambian nationals had been trained under this arrangement.{{cite web|access-date=22 August 2018 | url=https://www.uib.no/en/news/101324/university-bergen%E2%80%99s-development-success-zambia |date=4 October 2018 |location=Bergen, Norway |publisher=University of Bergen |title=University of Bergen's development-success in Zambia |author=Kim E. Andreassen}}
Undergraduate courses
- Bachelor of Science in Environmental Health.{{cite web|access-date=22 August 2018 |date=June 2016 | url=http://medicine.unza.zm/department/public-health/programmes | title=Programmes Available At the University of Zambia School of Public Health |publisher=University of Zambia School of Medicine |author=UNZA School of Medicine | location=Lusaka}}
Graduate courses
- Master of Public Health in Environmental Health
- Master of Public Health in Health Policy and Management
- Master of Public Health in Health Promotion
- Master of Public Health in Population Studies
- Master of Science in Epidemiology and Biostatistics
See also
References
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External links
- [https://www.unza.zm/ Website of the University of Zambia]
- [https://www.gfmer.ch/SRH-Course-2017/participants/Choolwe-Nkwemu-Jacobs.htm Choolwe Nkwemu Jacobs, BSN, MPH, PhD, Lecturer, University of Zambia, School of Public Health, Lusaka, Zambia]
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Category:Schools of public health