The Assistant Environmental Health Officer (AEHO), a.k.a. the Penolong Pegawai Kesihatan Persekitaran (PPKP), was known as the Health Inspector (H.I.) or Inspektor Kesihatan (I.K.) prior to the year 2002. Whilst the H.I.’s roles and functions focused on public health, the AEHO’s roles and functions were expanded to include a wider scope of responsibilities in environmental health.
The late 20th. and early 21st. centuries saw many unfamiliar and new challenges, that were unprecedented in history, in both the public and environmental health fields. Numerous natural and man-made disasters caught many napping. These include issues of public health concerns, such as, earthquakes, volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, and the nuclear fallout in Fukushima, Japan. Emerging diseases, such as the Nipah Virus infections, Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS), Avian flu, Middle East Respiratory Syndrome (MERS-CoV) caused by a novel coronavirus, Zika, and the like, have caught the health authorities unprepared. Many re-emerging diseases are posing greater challenges to healthcare providers and services.
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Environmental health is one of the professionals that responsible in protecting the safety and health of public interest. Their duties varies depends on the unit and coverage given by the authorities. Click images below to understand more about Environmental Health.
Our Core Subject & Expertise
This course provides application of biostatistics and epidemiology to scientifically evaluate risk of environmental hazards and disease in the community. It also gives an overview of applied biostatistics and epidemiological concepts for disease surveillance, estimation of risk and the carrying out of appropriate disease prevention and control, and the using of environmental health data in disease surveillance.
Epidemiology and Biostatistics
This subject will provide indepth overview of the knowledge and skills in vector management and control with their importance to the environmental health. Student will be able to apply the depth knowledge regarding habitual, life cycle of the vector and pest with the appropriate management in preventing environmental health problem. Comprehensive practical skills for management of pest and vectors issues using various technology and methodology will be given to the students. Related legislation, standard operating practice and relevant code of practice will be expose to the students.
Pest and Vector
The course provides application of the environmental evaluation and health element to scientifically evaluate the risk of hazard in indoor or outdoor environment using acceptable professional standard. This course give overview of the environmental health monitoring principle to the student by anticipate, recognize, evaluate and control of occupational and environmental hazard in workplace and environment.
Environmental Assessment
This course will provide students with knowledge in communicable disease and outbreak management. They will apply the outbreak management by utilizing skills in planning and preparation, investigation, control measures and risk communications that include technical report of the outbreak. Once graduate, they will be able to assist Public Health Physician who lead the outbreak management effectively.
Outbreak Management
This course provides an introduction to disease surveillance, understanding of theoretical concepts and the use of surveillance data to monitor diseases and to predict disease outbreaks for effective prevention and control.
Epidemiology Surveillance
The aim of this course is to develop student proficiency and soft skill as an Assistant Public Health Officer in the real setting of District Public Health Office in food safety and hygiene control.
Food Safety and Hygiene
The course provides deep understanding and application of occupational safety and health construct in order to manage the risk of hazard in workplace. This course will train the students to identify, evaluate and manage the risk at workplace as professional safety and health professional or advisor.
Occupational Health & Safety
The course providing fundamental knowledge concerning the biological and health effects of environmental pollutants on living system. This course gives basic overview of how toxic substance (environmental pollutants) enters the human body,distribute into the system, metabolized and excrete out from the body. This course emphasizes the chemical and biological characteristics of major pollutants found in our environment and their impacts on the health of living organisms including humans, animals and plants. Application of this subject will help the student understanding the risk assessment process in determination of hazard specifically involve with chemical exposure in environmental and occupational setting.
Environmental Health Toxicology
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Solid Waste Management
This course
Waste-Water Technology
Our Professional Services & Networking
In order to maintain the highest standard of Environmental Health Professionals in delivering their duties, we equip the candidate and current EHO with comprehensive quality curriculum and experiential learning in healthcare facilities.
Academic
This program run by more than 30 academic staff with various field of expertise. CLICK HERE to find out our professionals. Our updated curriculum enable upcoming EHO to perform in the future needs of public health challenges. CLICK HERE to learn more about our structure.
Field Placement
Our program focus on quality field trainings which enable candidate to hands on experience the knowledge gather in classroom to be practice in the field. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Research & Publication
We continous producing quality candidate together with the evidence base practices that translate from research into publication and practices. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Professional Trainings
Our program offer numbers of short courses with aimed to equip current EHO with updating knowledge and skills. CLICK HERE to register and join our short course.
Graduate Trainings
We offer competitive placement for any medical and allied health professionals who interested to enrol in any of our graduate courses. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Alumni & Job
Our networking with previous graduate was amazing that enable the new EH professionals to seek new work opportunity. This website act as platform for job finder related to environmental health. CLICK HERE to learn more.
Student Chapter
Explore our student chapter activities with Non-Government Agencies (NGOs), corporate and government agencies.
Networking and Collaboration
Our program affiliate with International and National bodies related to environmental health. Our partners include MAEH, Malaysia Epidemic Intelligence Program (EIP) and IFEH.
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