Certificate in Public Health requirements & campuses

A certificate in public health is a two year course that trains future public health technicians and proffessionals in disease management and control, enviromental management, community health inspection.

Their day-to-day work includes food premises inspection to prevent foodborne diseases, Disease surveillance and reporting, pests and disease vectors control, enviromental management and sanitization, as well as public health promotion campaigns.

KMTC requirements for certificate in Public health

  1. A KCSE mean grade of C minus or above
  2. C minus in English or Kiswahili
  3. C minus in biology
  4. D plain in Mathematics, Physics, or Chemistry

KMTC campuses offering the course

You can enrol for the course in any of the following campuses

  • KMTC Embu
  • KMTC Kabarnet
  • KMTC Kakamega
  • KMTC Karuri
  • KMTC Kitui
  • KMTC Kuria
  • KMTC Kwale
  • KMTC Lake Victoria
  • KMTC Lugari
  • KMTC Manza
  • KMTC Nakuru
  • KMTC Nyeri
  • KMTC Othaya
  • KMTC Taveta
  • KMTC Transmara

Modules/units

Year 1 Semester 1

  1. Fundamentals of Environmental Health
  2. Basic Health Statistics
  3. Building Safety
  4. Introduction to Behaviour Change in Community
  5. Microbiology and Parasitology

Year 1 Semester 2

  1. Environmental Pollution and Control
  2. Health Education and Promotion
  3. Occupational Health and Safety 

Year 2 Semester 1

  1. Community Nutrition
  2. Meat Inspection and Comparative Anatomy of Animals

Year 2 Semester 2

  1. Port health services 

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