The Environmental Health and Management Department has the mandate to ensure that all factors that tend to have adverse effects on human health in the environment are brought under control.
With support from the Assembly, the department ensures that this responsibility is executed in accordance with the Environmental laws.
PURPOSE
The purpose of the Environmental Health Department is to ensure the prevention of any hazard or negative impact the environment may have on man.
The department is therefore to assess, correct, control and prevent those factors in the environment which can adversely affect the health of both present and future generations.