BSc Public Health Nursing (Disease Control)

The BSc Public Health Nursing (Disease Control) at Catholic University of Ghana trains you to protect communities from infectious diseases. You'll learn how to track outbreaks, run prevention programmes, and promote health at a grassroots level. This page explains what the degree covers, how competitive entry is, and what you can do with it after graduation.

What public health nursing with disease control involves

Public health nursing focuses on whole communities rather than individual patients. In a disease control specialisation, you typically study how diseases spread, how to prevent outbreaks, how to run immunisation programmes, and how to educate the public on hygiene and healthy living. The work is hands-on and policy-informed, and it suits people who want to protect health on a larger scale.

How hard it is to get a place at CUG

Entry to this programme at Catholic University of Ghana is less competitive than at some other universities. For comparison, the same programme at the University of Health and Allied Sciences is highly competitive, while several other institutions including KAAF University College, Methodist University and public nursing training colleges also admit at a less competitive level. That means your chances depend on meeting the admission requirements rather than on fighting for a tiny number of places. Check the university's published entry requirements to see whether your WASSCE grades qualify.

Where the degree can take you

With this qualification, you can work in hospitals, health centres, government health agencies, NGOs and international health organisations. Typical work includes disease surveillance, outbreak response, health education, and planning community health campaigns. Some graduates go on to further study in public health or epidemiology.