Advocacy and Social Mobilization Department

The Department is responsible for:

• Coordinating the formulation of assigned strategies, plans, programs, projects and proposals in the field of preventative health, wellbeing and social mobilization.
• Steering, guiding and coordinating the healthy cities and communities’ projects and water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) projects.
• Steering, guiding and coordinating the Health Promoting Schools/Workplaces Projects.
• Prevention and control of communicable diseases and diseases of unknown cause.
• Directing, guiding and organizing the implementation of surveillance and early detection of communicable diseases and diseases of unknown cause.
• Directing, guiding and organizing the implementation of prevention and control measures for diseases and epidemics.
• Directing, guiding and organizing the implementation of wellbeing centres within all health facilities.
• Prevention and control of non-communicable, and/or social diseases.
• Coordinating the formulation of strategies, policies, plans, programs and proposals on non-communicable and/or social diseases.
• Coordinating the management and implementation of surveillance, prevention and control for non-communicable and/or social diseases.
• Directing, guiding and organizing the implementation of prevention and control for risk factors of non-communicable diseases; coordinate the implementation of prevention and control for harm reduction from alcohol and other alcoholic beverages abuse;
• Guiding the implementation and supervision of vaccination.
• Directing, guiding and organizing the implementation of health promotion’s information, communication and education; communication on preventive health related risk factors.

• The Department of Advocacy and Social Mobilization consists Community Empowerment and Healthy Lifestyle and Wellbeing Unit