THE DEPARTMENT OF COMMUNITY MEDICINE
Dr Hilary Gunguwo - Chairperson
Chairperson’s Welcome Message
The department of Community Medicine is one of the academic departments within the faculty if Medicine.
Aims of the department: To teach Community Medicine to fourth year medical students and to train postgraduate doctors in Family Medicine.
Chairperson’s Profile
Hilary Gunguwo was appointed as the chairperson of the department of Community Medicine in August 2021. Before then she was the acting chairperson of the department. Hilary is a medical doctor who has been actively involved in the Zimbabwean National HIV/ART programme since its inception in 2004 and has participated in both the clinical management of people living with HIV and training of health care workers in providing quality HIV care. She graduated with an undergraduate medical degree (MBCHB) from the University of Zimbabwe and a Masters in Clinical Epidemiology from the same institution. Hilary also has a postgraduate diploma in HIV management from the Colleges of Medicine in South Africa. She has worked within the Zimbabwean public health care system since graduation both at district and central hospital levels.
Contact details: hilary.gunguwo@nust.ac.zw
About The Department
The Department of Community Medicine teaches principles of primary health care, nutrition, environmental and occupational health and safety, biostatistics and epidemiology, research methodology, maternal and child health care, health education and promotion, basic concepts and principles of public health and global health, communicable and non-communicable diseases as well as patient safety. Students are exposed to community medicine and primary health care through attachments to rural and urban primary health care facilities. They are attached to provincial, district, and mission hospitals to appreciate community medicine in rural settings. Additionally, they are connected to local, urban council clinics and infectious disease hospitals to gain a critical understanding of the management and control of TB, HIV, and other infectious diseases.
Our Department in Numbers
Undergraduate programmes
1. MBBS
2. MMed Family Medicine Entry Requirements
Candidates for the MMed Degree in Family Medicine programme may be accepted if they satisfy the General Academic Regulations for acceptance to NUST and in addition:
- Hold an undergraduate degree in Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) or equivalent.
- Have completed a General Medical Education (GME) post internship.
- Have a current registration and practicing certificate with the Medical and Dental Practitioners Council of Zimbabwe (MDPCZ).
Staff Profiles
MBChB, Msc Clin. Epi,
HEALZ Fellow (UZCHS),
Dip HIV Management (CMSA)
Phone:+263292203336-8, Mobile: 263774111571
Email: hilary.gunguwo@nust.ac.zw