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Tuesday, December 6, 2011

Roles of Environmental Health Officers

• Investigate complaints from residents about nuisance [including noise and odour] arising from
business or domestic activities.

• Promote awareness of neighbourhood nuisance and abate them appropriately

• Monitoring and management of environmental safety and protection at a higher level of practice

• Initiation, implementation and evaluation of environmental health services

• Involvement in designing and inspecting of all types of premises and situations for
environmental, occupational and sanitation requirements and compliance

• Provision of technical advice in the enactment and enforcement of laws, regulations and by-
laws relevant to public and environmental health

• Conducting research activities on communities and the environmental health problems and
suggesting solutions to the problems

• Participating in the surveillance and control of communicable diseases at local, state,
national and international levels

• Participating as members of health teams in preventive and promotive health care at all levels

• Participation in the formulation and development of health policies for the management and
improvement of public health and its sustainability

• Facilitation of change towards positive health and its sustainability

• Production of ICT in the relevant areas of public health

• Planning teaching and training programs for environmental health personnel, and other related
health workers and community on issues that relate to environment and public health

• Engagement in continuing education and research in Public health

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