Community Medicine

• To provide individuals with the knowledge, skills and attitudes to improve population health through education, research, and service.
• Help the students to identify and gauge the health needs of the human population, develop and evaluate initiatives to maximize health benefits, and engage in promotion and realization of conditions to address and monitor population health.
• To prepare public health practitioners to enhance population health by exercising professional values and ethical practice.

Future thrust areas

• Encouraging the development of interdepartmental research projects
• More involvement of the department in most of the National Health Programmes.

DR. DEEPIKA AGARWAL          PROFESSOR & HOD

DR. GAJENDRA KUMAR GUPTA    PROFESSOR

DR. HARSHBARDHAN                    ASSO. PROFESSOR

DR. ATISH ANAND                         ASST. PROFESSOR

DR. A REVANTH KUMAR                ASST. PROFESSOR

DR. RAHUL KUMAR                        ASST. PROFESSOR [EPI]

DR. ANUPAMA SINGH                     ASST. PROFESSOR

SHRI. ASHISH GAUR                        ASST. PROFESSOR[STATISTICIAN]

DR. PRIYA VERMA                           DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. NEHA JETLI                              DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. MUMTAZ NISAR KHAN               DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. ABHISHEK                                   DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

DR. SHALINI CHATURVEDI                DEMONSTRATOR/TUTOR

Laboratory facilities:

A well-equipped research laboratory is available in the department for PG students pursuing MD and Ph.D. A few types of equipment are listed below-

1. Horrock’s Apparatus
2. Chloroscope
3. Centrifuge
4. Autoclave
5. Sling Psychrometer
6. Hot air oven
7. Incubator
8. Milk Hydrometer
9. Wet and Dry bulb Hydrometer
10. Hemoglobinometer

Museum:

A well-stocked museum consisting of all relevant public health specimens and models is maintained by the department to aid in the teaching and training of students.

RHTC (Rural Health and Training Centre)-

• Located at Village Asalatnagar, Muradnagar, Ghaziabad
• Population catered – 66,500 approximately
• Villages covered by the center- 19 villages
• Services provided:
• OPD services
• Family planning services
• Immunization services
• IPD services
• Health and nutrition education
• Maternal and Child Health services
• Laboratory services

UHTC (Urban Health and Training Centre)-

• Located at Santosh Nagar, Pratap Vihar
• Population catered – 20,000 approximately
• Services provided:
  • OPD services
  • Family planning services
  • Immunization services
  • Health and nutrition education
  • Maternal (ANC) and Child Health services
  • Laboratory services

Future thrust areas

• Encouraging the development of interdepartmental research projects
• More involvement of the department in most of the National Health Programmes.

The department of Community Medicine actively participates and organises all events related to public health. The Department observes all national health days through various community activities and events like Swatchch Bharat Abhiyan, World Tuberculosis Day on 24th March, World Health Day on 7th April, Malaria Day on 25th April etc.

Other Outreach and Community Activities:

The Department has been holding various health camps in the whole district as part of its outreach activities for the past many years. Many awareness sessions are organised to make the community aware about the environmental and sanitation issues leading to various illnesses. The team of interns and health workers together sensitise the serving community regarding various public health problems and their community based solutions.

Field Activities conducted in the RHTC catchment area:

Field Activities conducted in the UHTC catchment area:

The Department was appreciated for participation in Pulse Polio Rally organised by CMO office in 2019 and by Indian Association of Preventive and Social Medicine for organizing IAPSM World Health Day Quiz 2019. The Department has also been recognized for its contribution in generating awareness among school children regarding various communicable and non-communicable diseases.