background: in recent years, the concept of health security has received an international dimension. however, despite evident links between health and security the concept of health security is not used in either academic or political discourse in serbia. it comes as no surprise then that even though the issue of security challenges is present in serbian legislation, it has not been incorporate...

More than100years after the discovery of the tubercle bacillus by Robert Koch, tuberculosis (TB) remains one of the most important public health challenges worldwide. Despite significant achievements in communicable disease control in the last century, theWorldHealthOrganization (WHO) estimates that in 2011 there were 8.7 million incident cases of TB and 1.4 million TB-related deaths, as well a...

From 2006 to 2012, the South Sudan Guinea Worm Eradication Program reduced new Guinea worm disease (dracunculiasis) cases by over 90%, despite substantial programmatic challenges. Program logistics have played a key role in program achievements to date. The program uses disease surveillance and program performance data and integrated technical-logistical staffing to maintain flexible and effect...

Vaccination is considered to be one of the greatest public health achievements in the 20th century, which has helped to build a society free of vaccine preventable diseases and save lives of millions children across the globe (1). However, in the 21st century, pediatric practice in the western world witnesses an era of vaccination refusal (2). Pediatricians, infectious disease experts, and publ...

The decrease of federal and state support threatens long-term sustainability of research in publicly supported academic health centers. In weathering these financial threats, research at the University of California, San Francisco (UCSF), has undergone 3 substantial changes: institutional salary support goes preferentially to senior faculty, whereas the young increasingly depend on grants; priv...

This article uses history to stimulate reflection on the present opportunities and challenges for public health practice in English local government. Its motivation is the paradox that despite Department of Health policy-makers' allusions to 'a long and proud history' and 'returning public health home' there has been no serious discussion of that past local government experience and what we mig...

introduction: psychological and social health is the main problems of workers population, which can increase productivity at work and physical and mental health and provide or decline in these aspects. materials and methods: this study was descriptive and crosses - sectional and has been performed on 388 iranian central iron ore company workers. the tool of study was standard ghq-28 question ar...

This is an overview of the phenomenon of population ageing and ageing trends in Jamaica. It documents landmark policy achievements and responses to population ageing and analyses related social, economic and health implications, as well as, the challenges and opportunities of ageing. The interdigitations of ageing issues and public health is manifest from the early historical milestones in agei...

This article provides an overview of governance arrangements and changes in the Brazilian public health system since 1988, when the “Citizen’s Constitution” declared health to be a universal right. Since then, population coverage has grown substantially and health indicators have improved. Despite these achievements, inequities in access remain an important barrier to universal coverage, in par...