Our Collaborating Partners
CDPH collaborates with international organizations in public health education & research.
The Central Department of Public Health is a leading central department of Tribhuvan University devoted to excellence in teaching, learning, and research, and to developing leaders in many disciplines of public health who make a difference in professional practice, health systems, and ultimately human lives both locally and globally. It contributes to community medicine, public health methods and research to other clinical, nursing and allied health science programs.
The Department, which is based in the premises of IoM, Maharajgunj, Kathmandu, has an annual enrollment of close to a hundred candidates, including bachelors, masters and doctoral students. CDPH has more than 1500 alumni around the world working to improve health outcomes for all.
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From humble beginnings to shaping public health in Nepal
Tribhuvan University, Institute of Medicine (IoM) started undergraduate education in Public Health, and postgraduate education in 1991, making Nepal’s first Public Health programs.
Central Department of Public Health (CDPH) was established as an autonomous entity under TU-IoM to lead public health education and research in Nepal.
CDPH manages BPH, MPH, MHPE, MPHN, and PhD programs, offering advanced public health education and training.
CDPH continues to innovate, responding to national and global health priorities, shaping the future of public health in Nepal.
Committed to advancing public health through education, research, and leadership.
The overarching vision of Central Department of Public Health is to support to ensure national and international populations' fundamental rights to stay healthy through excellence in education and research.
Create and sustain holistic development of public health education through multisectoral co-operation and collaboration, and advocacy to improve public health leadership locally and globally.
Develop competent and responsible public health workforce through evidence-based educational practice that provides leadership to protect and improve public health.
Key objectives to advance public health education, research, and practice.
CDPH faculties are actively engaged in teaching, research and professional service across the following public health expertise areas.
Public health education and research activities are managed through different program units and committees under CDPH.
Each unit is led by a course leader selected by the CDPH Head based on subject expertise and relevant contribution in teaching, learning, and research activities. Members of each unit are faculties engaged in specific subjects for teaching learning and research activities.
BPH, MPH, MPHE, MPHN and PhD coordinators are identified to coordinate specific programs. Year-wise coordinators are nominated as per need. The program coordinators are nominated by the CDPH Head from the pool of faculties of CDPH.
CDPH collaborates with international organizations in public health education & research.
