Department of Public Health

Child Health Services
We provide services to support the survival, care and protection of children and newborns including child welfare and immunization services.

Disease Control and Prevention services
Disease surveillance, investigation & control
of disease outbreaks. Prevention of Communicable & non communicable diseases. Port health and vaccination services.

Rehabilitation and Mental Health
Assistive devices and technologies, disability rehabilitation, speech therapy, audiology, hearing loss & mental health services.

Health Promotion & Education Services
Prevention and control
of diseases. Advocacy & community mobilisation. School & youth health. Health communications services.

Environmental and Occupational Health
Port health. Chemical hazards radiation, tobacco control & Occupational health services.

Oral Health Services
Oral health promotion and prevention. Screening services.

Prevention of Blindness
Prevention & treatment
of blindness and visual impairment programs.

Sexual & Reproductive Health Services Sexual & Reproductive Health services Maternal and child health. Safe Motherhood. Adolescent health. Family planning.

Nutrition & Food Control
Food & nutrition services. Food science & technology, food safety and control services. Breast feeding promotion. Nutrition surveillance.

Alcohol & Substance Abuse
Coordinates and develops strategies, programs and interventions for preventing alcohol and substance abuse. Implements programs dealing with excessive drinking impacts, risk behaviours.