Environmental Health Officers operate within urban and rural communities as an integral part of the health team. They participate in promotive, preventive and environmental improvement
programmes. They enforce public health laws by inspecting food, food premises, bars, hotels, schools and other public places. Supervises Environmental Health Assistants. 

Aim of the Program

The aim of the program is to  produce completent Assistant Environment Health officers capable of controlling environmental factors that affect health, and support public health services delivery

Objectives of the Program

The Environmental Health Officer should be able to:

1  Carry out community diagnosis to ascertain the Environmental Health conditions
2  Prevent and control of communicable and non communicable diseases
3  Monitor nutritional problems and occurrence of diseases
4 Ensure the maintenance of food quality and hygiene
5  Monitor and promote urban and institutional Health
6  Initiate and control housing for healthy living and working conditions plan, implement and evaluate preventive, promotive and rehabilitative health services
7  Enforce the Public Health Laws