Requirements to Study Bachelor in Public Health (Disease Control) at UHAS
BPH Disease Control
Disease Control deals with the principles and strategies to reduce disease incidence, prevalence, morbidity or mortality. It also involves the strategies to prevent and control both communicable and non-communicable diseases.
Students offering the Bachelor in Public Health Disease Control programme will be taught how to manage epidemics which includes carrying out mass vaccination in times of epidemics and mass treatment of endemic diseases; assist in estimating resources needed vaccines, drugs etc. to control epidemics; contribute to the development of strategies to combat epidemics.
The programme also trains students to perform follow-up investigations on other non-communicable diseases; bacterial, viral or parasitic infections reported to the health facility to determine source of infection, contacts and carriers of diseases.
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Students are also trained in the operation and management of surveillance systems where data on health events are systematically collected, analyzed and interpreted to inform policy decisions in the healthcare system. Students would cover a number of courses which would prepare them for the world of work.
Requirements to Study Bachelor in Public Health (Disease Control) at UHAS
Science Students
For Ghanaian applicants, candidates should have Core Mathematics, English and Integrated Science (Minimum C6) with three electives from Chemistry, Physics, Biology or Elective Mathematics. For foreign candidates, required subjects will be Science: English, Mathematics, Biology/Agriculture, Physics and Chemistry plus one Arts subject and Further Mathematics.
Non-Science Students
For Ghanaian applicants, candidates should have passes (A1-C6) respectively in three (3) core subjects: Integrated Science, English Language, Core Mathematics and Social Studies in addition to credit passes (A1-C6) in three (3) of the following elective subjects: Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Elective Mathematics, Food and Nutrition, General Knowledge in Arts, Economics, Animal Husbandry, Geography, Literature, General Agriculture, Information Communication Technology and Management in Living.
Top-Up Students
Candidates with Diplomas awarded by recognized institutions will gain entry into level 300. Candidates must have:
1. Obtained a diploma from a Ministry of Health training institution or institutions whose diplomas are recognized by the University.
2. Professional Certificate Holders in SRN and Public health Nursing (PHN).
3. Obtained a Final Grade Point Average (FGPA) of 2.50 or better in the Diploma Programme.