MISSION:

• To develop practitioners of community medicine and health care managers who are skilled to solve health issues of the community and promote their health with their full participation.

VISION:

• To develop as a Centre of Excellence in teaching, training, outreach services, research and health management in Community Medicine and Public Health.
• To invent a force of Public Health Experts having skills and abilities to evolve innovative health policies and programs for community development.

About Department

The Department of Community Medicine, AIIMS Nagpur, is dedicated to improving the health of populations through the assessment of community health needs and the development of effective strategies to ensure accessible, equitable, and quality preventive, promotive, curative, and rehabilitative health services through community participation and empowerment. The department is actively engaged in medical education, public health training, service delivery, and research in priority areas including epidemiology, biostatistics, maternal and child health, communicable and non-communicable diseases, environmental and occupational health, health systems, and national health programmes. In addition to undergraduate teaching in the MBBS programme and postgraduate training through MD Community Medicine, the department envisages expanding its academic portfolio through postgraduate courses, PhD programmes, fellowship programmes, workshops, and other capacity-building initiatives aimed at strengthening core public health competencies among healthcare professionals. Through field-based learning, multidisciplinary research, community engagement, and collaboration with health systems, the department strives to translate scientific evidence into effective public health practice. It also aims to establish innovative and intelligent platforms that can serve as resource centres for developing health-system solutions, promoting socially responsive medical education, strengthening healthcare delivery, and advancing population health.

Field Practice Area

• UHTC: The department has an urban field practice area catering to a population of around 80,000. In line with the MoU signed up with Nagpur Municipal Corporation the department supports the primary care activities of Nandanvan Urban Health Training Centre, Nagpur. Department is involved in delivering outpatient care, outreach camps, specialist care for maternal and child health issues, stress clinic, capacity building of front-line health workers & community-based organizations, raising health awareness in the community, implementation of healthy school initiative etc.
• RHTC: Similarly, the department runs the rural health training centre with a field practice area catering to 23000 population spread across 36 villages at Bela, Nagpur. Department is providing outpatient care and monitoring of national programs implementation in the field practice area.
• Vaccine Centre: The department runs a covid vaccination centre since January 2020 and envisages expanding the services for various other adult immunization.