Welcome to the Department of Community Medicine
Disciplinary Community Medicine is primarily concerned with population health while playing the lead and collaborative roles in maintaining and improving the health of communities and groups. The main focus is on the prevention of diseases and avoiding departure from mental, physical, and social wellbeing. The essence is to mobilize all stakeholders within and outside communities to recognize potential hazards, design strategies to mitigate them, diagnose ill-health early, and prevent or manage disabilities.
Our department performs these roles through training, research, and community service. We are involved in the training of different cadres of health care workers, including Physicians, different cadre of primary health care staff, and highly skilled health professionals. Our training span both undergraduate and postgraduate levels and have the unique feature of providing contemporary content that makes our graduates of international standards while being locally relevant. The department has a conducive environment for learning. The Global Health Training Academy is the subsidiary of the department with the responsibility of providing cutting-edge professional short courses for mid-career and senior health managers and policymakers. Our research drive is to provide the best evidence to identify the determinants of departure from health and wellbeing and use this to design and implement effective interventions, strategies, and policies to address the health challenges of sub-Saharan Africa. In serving our communities, we offer clinical and non-clinical services. We undertake vaccination services across the lifespan and collaborate with the national program on immunization to deliver the recommended vaccines, while also aligning with the WHO and international best practices for vaccination beyond infancy and particularly got travelers. In conjunction with the National Tuberculosis, Leprosy, and Buruli Ulcer Control Program, we provide surveillance, diagnostic, and treatment services for the indicated diseases. Also, we collaborate with a network of partners including the National Agency for the Control of HIV/AIDS, Ogun State Agency for the Control, Ogun State Ministry of Health, and the APIN Public Health Initiatives to provide comprehensive HIV/AIDS treatment and care. My goal is to achieve excellence and global competitiveness in all aspects of our undertakings. I, therefore, invite all stakeholders and partners across the world who share our aspirations to partner with us in achieving the highest possible level of health for the peoples of sub-Saharan Africa. Welcome to the Department of Community Medicine.
About us
The Department of Community Medicine started offering services in March 2013. The pioneering Consultants were Prof. Wole Alakija, Dr. Olumide Abiodun, and Dr. Temitope Ashipa. The department is responsible for training qualified medical practitioners to become specialist Community Health Physicians. The residency training programme started in April 2014 with the employment of three Registrars namely; Drs. Bamidele, Omotosho and Sokeye. The Department of Community Medicine, Babcock University Teaching Hospital provides a range of services to the general public. The services provided by the department include:
1) Immunization against vaccine-preventable diseases
2) HIV counseling and testing
3) Adherence counseling
4) The Antiretroviral therapy clinic
5) TB/DOTS clinic for the management of patients with Tuberculosis
6) In-patent co-management of Retroviral positive and TB patients
7) The infant welfare clinic among other services
8) Primary Care at the Adventist Medical Centre, Inisha, and the Staff and Students’ Clinic at Iperu campus.
Vision:
To become a first-class institution renowned for teaching, research, and service delivery.
Mission:
1. Excellence in the training of different groups of students including medical students, BSc Public Health Students, BSc. Social Work students and Master of Public Health students through the provision of enhanced learning experience in a healthy and supportive environment.
2. Excellence in training resident doctors in the department through the provision of guided supervision, enhanced learning experiences, and exposure to the practice of the different subspecialties of Community Medicine.
Officials
Head of Department/ Coordinator, GHTA: Dr. Olumide Abiodun
Coordinator, CRID: Dr. Olupelumi Adebiyi
Residency Training coordinator: Dr. Chikwendu Amaike
Year 2 Medical Coordinator: Dr. Temitope Ashipa
Year 3 Medical Coordinator: Dr. Chikwendu Amaike
Year 5 Medical Coordinator: Dr. Emmanuel Bamidele
Year 6 Medical Coordinator: Dr. Kolawole Sodeinde.
Subspecialties and Faculty
S/N |
UNIT |
CONSULTANT(S) |
1 |
Epidemiology and Biostatistics |
1. Dr. Olumide Abiodun
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2. Prof. Olanipekun Alausa
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2. |
Family and Reproductive Health, |
1. Dr. Olumide Abiodun
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2. Dr. Temitope Ashipa
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3. Prof. John Sotunsa
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4. Dr. Kolawole Sodiende
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3. |
Health Management and Policy |
1. Prof Olanipekun Alausa
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2. Dr. Abiodun Osinaike
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3. Dr. Kolawole Sodeinde
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4. |
Occupational Health and Environmental Health |
1. Dr. Emmanuel Bamidele
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5. |
International Health and Social and Rehabilitative Medicine |
1. Dr. Temitope Ashipa 2. Dr. Chikwendu Amaike
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6 |
Health Promotion and Education |
1. Dr. Chikwendu Amaike 2. Dr. Abiodun Osinaike
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7 |
Public Health Nutrition and PHC |
1. Prof Ademola Amosu
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