During the 2017-2018 academic year, the department included Associate Professors X.N. Qayumov and O‘.X. Khasanov, Senior Lecturers Salomova H.J., Qobilova G.A., Sharipova N.S., I.S. Manasova, and lecturers A.A. Jumayeva, Z.J. Jumayeva, D.B. Rajabova, X.X. Shirinova, Yuldashova Sh.T., and Mavlyanova S.Sh. In January 2018, PhD Atoyeva M.A. was appointed as the head of the department.

In the 2018-2019 academic year, new subjects, “Introduction to Specialty” for 1st-year students of the Medical Prevention Faculty and “Hygiene and Medical Ecology” for Medical Biology students, were introduced. Teaching was conducted based on updated standard and working curricula. Faculty members included Professor PhD Nuraliyev N.A., PhD and department head Atoyeva M.A., Associate Professor X.O. Qosimov, Senior Lecturer Manasova I.S., and lecturers Salomova H.J., Qobilova G.A., A.A. Jumayeva, Z.J. Jumayeva, D.B. Rajabova, Yuldashova Sh.T., and Voxidov U.G. External part-time faculty included PhD To‘xtayev A.A. and PhD Baratova M.S. On September 9, 2019, the General Hygiene Department became an independent department.

In the 2019-2020 academic year, the department was split into two. X.O. Qosimov was appointed as the head of the General Hygiene Department, with faculty members including Manasova I.S., Jumayeva A.A., Jumayeva Z.J., Nurova Z.X., and Mirzoyev O.M. In the 2020-2021 academic year, new faculty members included Ortiqov A.A., Nabiyeva S.S., Yadgarova Sh.S., Muhammedova Z.R., and Zokirov V.Z., as well as part-time lecturers Kosimov I.X. and Ismoilova M.Z. In the 2021-2022 academic year, Olimova D.V. and Sharipova G.I. joined the department, while Jumayeva Z.J.’s contract was terminated. Additional staff included Ibroximov K.I., Hakimov T.B., and Oxunjonova M.Z.

In the 2023-2024 academic year, the General Hygiene and Ecology Department was split into two: the 1st Hygiene and the 2nd Hygiene Departments. The 2nd Hygiene Department was officially established in the 2024-2025 academic year, with Associate Professor DSc G.I. Sharipova appointed as head of the department. Faculty members include PhD Yadgarova Sh.S., PhD Karshiyeva D.R., PhD Qodirov O.O‘, and assistants Tuxtaeva M.M., Nurov S.A., Ismoilov F.F., and doctoral student Olimova D.V.

Initially, the 2nd Hygiene Department was part of the General Hygiene and Ecology Department but became an independent entity in the 2023-2024 academic year under the name Private Hygiene Department. In the 2024-2025 academic year, it was renamed the 2nd Hygiene Department. The department provides education in subjects such as Communal Hygiene, Occupational Hygiene, Nutrition Hygiene, Child and Adolescent Hygiene, and Radiation Hygiene to 3rd, 4th, and 5th-year students of the Biomedical Faculty’s Medical Prevention track.