COMMUNITY MEDCINE & PRIMARY CARE

	The department of Community Medicine and Primary Care is one of the foundation clinical departments of the Olabisi Onabanjo (then Ogun State) University Teaching Hospital since 1986. The foundational Head of the Department is Professor O.K. Alausa and the current Head (2011 till date) is Dr. A.A. Salako, an Associate Professor. OUR VISION The enjoyment by the people of Ogun State, of a level of health that permits them to live a socially satisfying and economically productive life. OUR MISSION Towards the attainment of the above-stated vision, to contribute to the achievement of the Teaching Hospital’s mandate for residency training programme, health service delivery and research activities. OUR OBJECTIVES In line with the above, the objectives of the department of Community Medicine and Primary Care are: Training objectives Primarily to produce well trained doctors capable of functioning effectively not only in the curative but also in the preventive and health promoting aspects of health care. To produce doctors with adequate management capabilities equipped with attributes essential to enable them play leadership role in the health care team. To produce doctors who are capable of working in and with the community in health care matters. To produce doctors who are capable and willing to provide health care in any part of the community, urban or rural, and at all levels of health care delivery To produce doctors who are capable of undergoing further development in the health sciences such that they can function as Community Health Physicians, teachers in medical schools and Public Health institutions and as Health Administrators. Health service delivery To provide comprehensive health care services as appropriate, not only in the curative but also in the preventive and health promoting aspects of health care in the Hospital. To promote hospital infection control, including environmental health activities. To provide needed follow-up and essential outreach health care services as appropriate, including case finding and community health education. To contribute to the management of the Primary Health Care programme of Ogun State. To support the State in the control of epidemics. Research activities To regularly contribute to scientific knowledge base through the conduct of relevant public health and bio-medical research. CLINIC
MONDAY	HIV clinic, OOUTH Under5 Clinic, OOUTH Tuberculosis Clinic, OOUTH Ajaka Health Centre, SLGA1 Makun Health Centre, SLGA Sabo Health Centre, SLGA
TUESDAY	HIV clinic, OOUTH Child Survival Clinic, OOUTH
WEDNESDAY	Tuberculosis Clinic, OOUTH Ode-Remo Health Centre, RNLGA2 Ajaka Health Centre, SLGA Makun Health Centre, SLGA Sabo Health Centre, SLGA
THURSDAY	Tuberculosis Clinic, OOUTH NHIS Clinic, OOUTH Ode-Remo Health Centre, RNLGA School Health Clinic, SLGA
FRIDAY	Tuberculosis Clinic, OOUTH NHIS Clinic, OOUTH Sagamu Community Centre3

1. Sagamu LGA, 2. Remo North LGA, 3. Non-governmental Organisation

Collaboration and Partnership
The department actively collaborates with several organisations and institutions including Sagamu and Remo North LGAs and the State Ministry of Health in the implementation of relevant aspects of its residency training programme.

The Future
The department will become increasingly relevant and effective in its role and functions within the health sector in Ogun State. It will strive to continuously improve on its operations for the delivery of its expected social mandate within and outside the Teaching Hospital.