Brief History
The Department of Biological, Environmental and Occupational Health Sciences (BEOHS) was established in 2003 as one of the six Departments in the School of Public Health. The Department continues to fulfil its mandate as a teaching and research Department aimed to build expertise, which will provide leadership and inform health policy reforms in the sub-region. As a Department, the primary goal is to promote and improve population human health through research, which informs good environmental practices.
The Department is composed of 4 units as follows:
- Biological Basis of Public Health
- Environmental Health Sciences
- Ecology and Ecosystem Health
- Occupational Health
The units operate independently but in an interrelated manner, which collectively delivers the broad objectives of the parent Department. The overall mission of the Department is to strengthen the capacities of individuals and institutions towards effective control of parasitic, vector-borne as well as environmentally and occupationally related health injuries and diseases in the population.