New International Programs in Public Health

Global Public Health Surveillance under New International Health Regulations

The new International Health Regulations adopted by the World Health Assembly in May 2005 (IHR 2005) represents a major development in the use of international law for public health purposes. One of the most important aspects of IHR 2005 is the establishment of a global surveillance system for public health emergencies of international concern. This article assesses the surveillance system in I...

International Public Health

Public health is a broad field that touches several different medical disciplines such as epidemiology, public health informatics, health statistics, environmental protection (ecology), sociology, health promotion, disease prevention and organization of health care for nosological groups of the population. In Europe and the world today is developed a fairly extensive network of scientific and p...

The new International Health Regulations: an historic development for international law and public health.

International public health: between old and new paradigms.

today's changing world, public health has had to adjust to new demands arising out of the intense activity of complex and dynamic cultural, social, and economic processes that transcend borders. The dizzying development of trade, modes of transport, and telecommunications, which has led to the nearly exponential growth of migration, has contributed to this phenomenon. Changes in the health stat...

Public Health Programs and Practices

gress on Alcohol and Heaith shows declines in per capita alcohol consumption and liver cirrnosis deaths, as well as increased abstention and decreased heavy drinking across a broad range of age, sex, and demographic groups in the United States. The report, prepared by the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA), details recent scientific progress in understanding, preventing,...