Africa Center of Excellence for Population Health and Policy, Bayero University Kano

1. Introduction to public policy (concepts and types)and the actors in policy making
2. Contextual factors that affect policy and the process of policy making
3. Power and: the policy process; as a decision-making and non-decision making tool; as thought control; and political systems.
4. Government and Policy Process
5. Health policy framework: context, process and actors
6. Importance of public health policy and the health policy triangle
7. Influence of private sector on public and health policy
8. Health policy change under crisis
9. Theories and models of decision making (analysis vs decision making) and policy implementation
10. Approaches to policy implementation ("op-down‟ and "bottom-up‟ perspectives, beyond „top-down‟ and „bottom-up‟, Principal–agent theory, challenges of implementation)
11. The policy sub-system or advocacy coalition framework
12. Evaluating health policies

1. Epidemiology – Definitions, Origins, Basic Concepts and Use/ Application
2. Cause and Effect in Epidemiology
3. Disease prevalence and incidence measures of association
4. Interpretation of a measure in epidemiology
5. Epidemiological basis of disease causation and control
6. Epidemiological study designs
7. Introduction, definitions, descriptive statistics
8. Summary of simple data sets using appropriate diagrammatic methods and appropriate summary statistics
9. Population and sample, population parameters and sample statistics and sampling variability.
10. Hypothesis testing, statistical testing and confidence interval estimation

Course Content

1. Emerging infectious disease model for the 21st century (the who, what, when where and why)

2. Critical factors for disease emergence/re-emergence and prevention and control

3. Pathogens of pandemic potential and pathogens of critical regional importance

4. Antimicrobial resistance

5. Pathogens of critical regional/global importance (Ebola, MERS, Zika)

6. Pathogens of bioterrorism potential

7. The Big three (Tuberculosis, HIV, Malaria)

8. Global governance and public health preparedness and response

9. Geopolitical challenges for infectious disease prevention and control (Polio, HIV, other emerging infections and climate change) (core)

10. Vector borne disease prevention and control (optional)

11. Introduction to the epidemiology of non-communicable diseases: introduction and overview.

12. Socio-economic inequalities in health(optional)

13. NCD burden of Disease (cardiovascular diseases, diabetes, hypertension, obesity, cancer epidemiology, asthma, snakebite, podoconiosis)

14. Emerging issues and ongoing challenges of non-communicable diseases.

15. NCD prevention and control.

Course Content

1. Introduction to nutrition and health

2. Major classes of nutrients, their sources and the manifestations of micronutrient and macronutrient deficiency states

3. Malnutrition as a public health problem, criteria for diagnosis of under nutrition and over nutrition; Specific deficiency diseases,

4. Infant feeding, Types, Causes and Management of malnutrition

5. Nutritional Surveillance; Interaction between malnutrition and infection

6. Nutritional requirements during pregnancy, lactation, infancy, childhood and adolescence

7. Nutritional problems of the vulnerable groups, nutrition during emergencies;

8. Applied nutrition programme and nutrition education, community nutrition programmes.

1. Introduction to health services’ management, healthcare and health services
2. Planning and implementation of health programmes.
3. Evaluation of health programmes (types, steps).
4. The spectrum of Quality Management.
5. Introduction and options to healthcare financing.
6. Methods of funding for health.
7. Paying healthcare providers.
8. Introduction to economic evaluation in healthcare.

1. Burden of NCDs. Diagnostic and treatment challenges of childhood NCDs in a low resource setting.
2. Primary prevention: unhealthy eating, physical inactivity, tobacco, alcohol abuse, pre-marital screening. Secondary prevention: Newborn screening, diagnosis and treatment, educational campaign. Tertiary prevention: grassroots community development approach, the value of international cooperation.
3. Control and prevention of common NCDs: Sickle cell disease, Cancer, Diabetes, Heart disease, Asthma

1. Overview of STIs. Environmental determinants of STIs. Classification and detection of bacteria related to the reproductive tract. Classification and detection of viruses related to the reproductive tract. Treatment modalities of STIs. Preventive measures in STIs.
2. Epidemiology of HIV/AIDs
3. Overview of Mother to child transmission of HIV and Strategies for PMTCT

1. Preconceptional nutrition interventions for adolescent.
2. Nutrition in pregnancy and postpartum including fetal nutrition
3. Nutritional needs of healthy infants and children.
4. Breast Feeding/Complimentary feeding (Formula Feeding and weaning practices).
5. Malnutrition in children and Adolescents(severe acute malnutrition, maternal, child and adolescents overweight and obesity.
6. Micronutrients nutrition and deficiencies.
7. Introduction to nutrition education and counselling for individuals and community
8. Introduction to population nutrition intervention strategies. Healthy eating and physical activity

1. Issues in Nursing
2. Evidence Based Nursing (EBN)
3. Assertiveness in Nursing
4. Therapeutic Communication Techniques – Listening, Silence, Restating, Reflection, Clarification, Focusing, Broad opening, Humor, Informing, etc.
5. Critical thinking
6. Decision making process
7. New technologies in nursing care
8. Concepts in Community Health Nursing
9. Child Survival Strategies - Integrated Management of Childhood Illnesses. Immunization
10. Life saving Skills and Emergency Obstetric Care
11. Infant Feeding – Exclusive Breast Feeding, etc
12. Prevention of Mother to Child Transmission of HIV/AIDS (PMTCT)
13. New Trends in Tuberculosis and Leprosy (TBL) Management
14. Elimination of Female Genital Mutilation and harmful traditional practices
15. Occupational Health
16. Environmental Health
17. Community Based Care, Case Management, Contact Tracing, Home Visit
18. Advocacy, Community Participation and Mobilization
19. Application of Nursing Process in Community Nursing

Relationship of the environment and human health. Water supply, water contamination, water treatment/purification, water pollution and water related diseases. Air hygiene and air pollution, Environmental sanitation, waste disposal, housing and housing standards, food hygiene, port health services. Selected environmentally induced diseases. Concept and principles of occupational health. The work environment, the interaction between work and health. Functions of an occupational health services; selected occupational hazards and there prevention and control. Regulations and control of occupational health programmes; Factory laws, workman compensation laws, labour laws, public health laws.

The nature of community health nursing; Processes of community health programmes, community health diagnosis; concepts of epidemiology; principle of causality, determinants of health and diseases; principles and practice of disease control, immunization, school health programme, health education, community health nutrition and assessment, Disaster nursing, International health. Monitoring and evaluation of community health programmes.

1. The course would prepare the individuals become responsible for the combination of nursing science, computer science and information science.
2. The course would help bring system information, nursing knowledge and data into the nursing field.
3. Mastery of nursing informatics would provide a nurse with responsibility for translating the needs of patients and staff into computer programs, so that the technical support can understand and enhance the productivity of nursing care.
4. An additional knowledge that can benefit the nursing practice in speciality areas can be viewed as innovation in nursing.

1. inductive and deductive approaches to theory building and construction, conceptual framework and model, 
2. building, the status, trends and factors affecting disposal of current issues in nursing.
3. Major theories affecting man and health, Holism, Naturalism, pragmatism, optimum health, health illness continuum, quality assurance, evidence base practice.
4. The applications of nursing process to selected nursing situation and
5. critical analyses of the nursing process in the community

1. Protein and energy interaction;

2. interaction of protein and energy with other nutrients;

3. interaction involving dietary phytate and inositol phosphates;

4. mineral- mineral interaction;

5. nutrient antagonisms and enhancers;

6. factors influencing bio-availability of nutrients.

7. Interaction between drug component and nutrients

8. in food for successful dietary management of diseases.

1. Detail examination of the chemistry and function of vitamins and minerals;

2. Classification of vitamins and minerals; their sources in the diet; absorption, and metabolism of vitamins and minerals;

3. deficiency or toxicity symptoms;

4. recommended and estimated safe and adequate levels of dietary intakes;

5. mineral balance.

1. Food production and the environment

2. Concepts and discourses of community food security,

3. food sovereignty, food justice, and agricultural sustainability from local, regional, and international perspectives.

4. Ecological, economic and socio-cultural systems and food security in both developed and developing countries.

5. Food and nutritional security, Strategic goals of food security and nutrition.

6. Food and nutritional security in emergencies, rapid urbanization etc.

1. Definition, objectives and goals of nutrition education;

2. methods in nutrition education;

3. nutrition education and communication strategies for different groups and settings;

4. nutrition information, education and communication strategies;

5. social marketing;

6. computer- mediated technology for nutrition education;

7. programme planning implementation and evaluation.

1. Macro and Micronutrients

2. Digestion Absorption and Transport of Nutrients

3. Roles of enzymes, co-factors and vitamins in human metabolism.

4. Overview of the metabolism of amino acids, lipids and carbohydrates

5. Factors affecting nutrients bioavailability

6. Homeostasis and the control of nutrient metabolism.

7. Anti-oxidants and their role in health.

8. Introduction to the concepts of nutrigenomics and nutrigenetics.

Course Description

The course will provides introduction to developing a mental health and addiction policy and ways of implementation: defining policy, the essential steps in developing mental health policy

– assessing the population needs, gathering evidence for effective strategies, consultation and negotiation, setting out the vision, values, principles and objectives of policy, determine area for actions, identify the major roles and responsibilities of different sectors, dissemination of policy, generating political support, developing supportive organization, setting up pilot projects in demonstration areas, empower mental health providers and reinforce inter-sectoral coordination.

Course Contents

To state the definition of policy in relation to health and Mental Health Learn how to go about the essential steps in developing mental health and addiction policy Discuss the issues involved in implementation of mental health and addiction policy

Course Description

This course will focus on concept and pattern of inequalities, politics of inequalities, social construct and inequality, culture and inequality and measurement of inequalities. Mental health inequalities: Socioeconomic status, education, spatial, ethnic and racial, sex and gender disparities, Disparities in success to mental healthcare, Disparities in quality of mental health care. Social determinants of health. Role of policy and health services in reducing inequalities. Research in health and mental health inequalities

Course Contents

Concept and pattern of inequalities Politics of inequalities Social construct and inequality Culture and inequality Measurement of inequalities. Mental health inequalities: Socioeconomic status, education, spatial, ethnic and racial, sex and gender disparities Disparities in success and quality to mental healthcare Social determinants of health. Role of policy and health services in reducing inequalities. Research in health and mental health inequalities

Course Description

This course will introduce students to major issues in mental health legislation and Human rights: Interface between mental health and mental health policy, Protecting, promoting and improving rights through mental health legislation (Nigeria‟s experience), Key regional and international human rights instruments, Content of mental health legislation and Drafting, adopting and implementing mental health legislation.

Course Content

1. Context of mental health legislation: Interface between mental health law and mental health policy, Protecting, promoting and improving rights through mental health legislation (Global, West/ Central Africa, Nigeria‟s experience), Key regional and international human rights instruments, Standards applicable to mental health

2. Content of mental health legislation: Definitions(Mental illness, disorder, disability, incapacity, unsoundness of mind), Access to mental healthcare, Rights of users, Rights of families and carers with mental illness, competence, capacity and guardianship, voluntary and involuntary mental healthcare, special treatments, seclusion and restraint, clinical experimental research.

3. Process: Drafting, Adopting and implementing mental health legislation.

4. Mental Health Ethics: In Practice and Research

Course Description

This course will taught students about Global burden of mental, Neurological and Substance use disorders in terms of disability, mortality and economic losses, relevance of mental health to key issues in global health and development (Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)), Disaster mental health – vital aspect of humanitarian responses – post-disaster psychiatric disorders and challenges when working with victims, culture and mental illness – role of culture in the manifestation of psychopathology, Internally displace persons (IDPs), Migrants and Refugees - migration and impact on mental health.

Course Content

Global burden of mental, Neurological and Substance use disorders in terms of disability, mortality and economic losses, Sustainable Development Goals SDGs, Relevance of mental health to key issues in global health and development Disaster mental health – vital aspect of humanitarian responses – post-disaster psychiatric disorders and challenges when working with victims, Culture and mental illness

The course will focus on characterization and symptoms of mental disorders (Autism, schizophrenia, SAD, PTSD, ADHD, anxiety disorders, bi-polar disorders, personality disorders etc.), substance abuse disorder, eating disorders/culture bound syndromes, somatoform disorders, assessment of atypical mental behaviors leading to criminal offenses, Defining forensic mental health, neuro-mechanisms of abnormal mental disorders related to criminal offenses. Characterization of nociceptive substances, neurotoxicology of drugs of abuse (effects of stimulants & depressants on the CNS), pharmacogenomics of abused drugs, substance abuse-mediated psychological irregularities & behaviors, rapid assessments of drugs of abuse (POCT), adolescent trauma & substance abuse, psychosocial model (assessment & ICD 10 diagnosis) of addiction; screening tools such as ASSIST Questionnaire, CAGE questionnaire, Alcohol-related Problems Survey (ARPS), Alcohol Use Disorders Identification Test (AUDIT), Impressions of Medication, Alcohol, and Drug Use in Seniors (IMADUS); psychological therapies of substance abuse (Contingency Management (CM), Motivational Enhancement Therapy (MET), community re-enforced approaches, Brief Interventions (BI), family behavior therapy, Relapse Prevention (RP), Social Behavior & Network Therapy (SBNT)); legal & ethical implications in the treatment & prevention of substance abuse disorders.

Those that have at least 1 year training in psychiatry residency or 2 years of mental health nursing need not register this course.