Public Health

Public health is "the science of preventing disease, prolonging life and promoting health through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, organizations, public and private, communities and individuals". Analyzing the determinants of health of a population and the threats it faces is the basis for public health.

The 1848 Public Health Act was the first attempt by the government to enforce the clean up of towns in England and Wales.

was an American physician and public health official

an American bacteriologist and public health expert

he became a member of the founding board of the German Society for Public Hygiene

completed her medical studies, and subsequently worked in public health and government

an important figure in the early history of social medicine and public health

he oversaw rat eradication and urban sanitation programs in San Francisco

He would go on to practice medicine across the south and gained a reputation as having an expertise in cholera prevention.

from 1755 as "Physicus ordinarius" for the health service in Frankfurt

geb. 14.01.1900 Köln, gest. 30.08.1981 Ahrenshoop

als Präsident des Sanitätsrathes, in der Ausarbeitung und Einführung der neuen Medicinalorganisation

Ab 1858 lebte er als Arzt in Bremen und bekleidete dort wichtige leitende Stellungen im öffentlichen Gesundheitswesen

was a German pediatrician and social public health specialist

As a Professor of Hygiene at the University of Marburg

Hallé was a pioneer of hygienic reform in France

Kim chaired the Department of Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School

to vaccinate populations against smallpox

She specialized in public health nursing

scurvy was soon banished from the fleet

His interests soon turned to issues such as public health and conditions of the poor.

he was made Professor of Hygiene and Legal Medicine in Marseille

is an American physician and public health administrator

fifth Surgeon General of the United States

public health specialist in epidemiology

His pioneering report on the need for public health measures and the universal provision of clean water in Calcutta in 1836

She obtained a master's degree in public health at the University of Chile in 1999.

carry out a vaccination programme

was very active in promoting public health infrastructure projects

pioneer of modern medical service and public health in China

He was the first secretary of Massachusetts' first state board of health, serving from 1886 to 1904.

was a surgeon, public health pioneer, historian and advocate of Canadian nationalism

a high civil servant in the Bavarian health service in the Rheinkreis

What every health officer should know: Public health nursing

where she became the first public health nurse.

heavily devoted to the cause of public health

A founder of community-based health clinics while living and working in California for two decades

professor at the Yale School of Public Health

who worked in the public health service

He came to be regarded as an expert on yellow fever and often worked pro bono to combat outbreaks.

working as Northern Ireland's first health visitor

Public Health Director, Anson County, North Carolina- 2004-present

Thirty-five of these were as a public health nurse employed by the Alberta government in northern Alberta.

He served for 46 years as Edinburgh's first Medical Officer of Health

O médico sanitarista Antonio Palocci, que assumirá a Casa Civil do governo Dilma, foi ministro da Fazenda de janeiro de 2003 a março de 2006.

Scales contributed to the development and growth of public health nursing in New York City

Under her leadership it was one of the most progressive public health organizations for its time.