Institute of Public Health is the only Public Health Training Institute in Punjab. The department of Epidemiology is the major component of this teaching matrix to postgraduate as well as undergraduate teaching and training at IPH.
Teaching and Training Activities
Postgraduate Teaching Activities
Undergraduate Teaching Activities
Research Activities
Faculty supervises the research dissertations of the postgraduate students and reports of undergraduate students at the individual level research publications fall in credit of faculty members.
Faculty places the major role in outbreak investigations and epidemic controls in Punjab as well as generation of evidence base advice for disease control and its prevention.
Evaluation
Lab Work
This lab has been working from prepetition. This lab is governed by Government of the Punjab. In this lab water testing is being done sample are coming from whole Punjab from private and Government Institutions, The Water test is performed on the sample of drinking water and these sample are kept at 37ºC in incubated for 24 hours and them again for 24 hours at48ºC. We detect the microbiological tests. We only see the E-coli.
Results are being prepared within 3 days the result is ready and being posted to the respective places.
4th year Community Medicine students of different Medical Colleges including Government and private institution also visit this lab and paramedical students of sanitary inspector courses also visit. The material which is used for lab work is obtained from secretariat. These water samples are being tested throughout the year, No. of test are markedly increase during the spring and summer seasons and in case of epidemic of water born disease.
Faculty |
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Dr. Huda Sarwar Assistant Professor HOD Epidemiology |
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Dr. Anjum Razzaq Additional Principal Medical Officer |
Dr. Maryam Rao Demonstrator |