About the Public Health Department

Public Health is one of the Departments of the Health Services and Environment Secretariat, FCTA. It comprises of Three [3] Divisions namely; Disease Control, Epidemiology, and Environmental & Occupational Health, and the Admin, Accounts and Audit Units under the Director’s office. Fifteen [15] Units with a total number of Two Hundred and Fourteen [214] Staff and Eight [8] Casual Workers.

Our Mandate

To protect and improve the health of all residents of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) through the comprehensive and integrated provision of promotive, preventive, and responsive public health services

Our Vision

A Federal Capital Territory where every individual and community enjoys optimal health and well-being, safeguarded by a proactive, resilient, and leading public health system.

Our Mission

We empower the populace and create a health-enabling environment by mobilizing communities, preventing disease, promoting wellness, and ensuring the consistent delivery of high-quality, accessible, and equitable public health services for all residents of the FCT..

Objectives

  • Plan, coordinate, supervise, monitor and evaluate Public Health Programmes and activities in FCT
  • Ensure continuous, active and sustained surveillance on epidemic prone diseases and other response to outbreaks
  • Embark on public health enlightenment activities on prevailing health issues that will raise the level of awareness of the inhabitants thereby encouraging them to imbibe the culture of seeking early medical care that will promote their health
  • Build the capacity of all public health staff in the FCT for quality service delivery
  • Provide technical assistance to the Area councils for effective public health programme implementation
  • Periodically conduct public health inspection in regulated premises to ensure compliance with public health Laws.
  • Regulate all registered fumigation outfits operating within the FCT in order to standardize practice especially pertaining to pests control in regulated premises of public health/Environmental Health.
  • Ensure that the health of all FCT workers is in top form and that every worker is guaranteed of his/her safety at his/her workplace.
  • Provide Health advice to all international travellers, ensure vaccination and issuance of valid International Certification of Vaccine [i.e yellow fever]
  • Sensitize and mobilize FCT populace on Public Health Programmes/activities for their involvement and participation
  • Liaise with and Coordinate the activities of all collaborating agencies, NGOs/CBOs, Development Partners and other Government Ministries on Public Health programmes and activities.
  • Collaborate with other bodies and conduct regular research/survey on issues of Public Health importance for effective programme planning and development of appropriate interventions/policies.
Divisions & Units
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