Health has a variety of definitions which have been used for different purposes over time and is a multidimensional concept. It commonly refers to physical and emotional well-being. Good health is ass
Donald Henderson (left) was part of the CDC's smallpox eradication team in 1966
Nurses in Kokopo, East New Britain, Papua New Guinea
Postage stamp, New Zealand, 1933. Public health has been promoted – and depicted – in a wide variety of ways.
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
A community health worker in Korail Basti, a slum in Dhaka, Bangladesh
The WHO is the predominant agency associated with global health.
Newspaper headlines from around the world about polio vaccine tests (13 April 1955)
A Public Health Prayer - Dr Edmond Fernandes