Thursday, 5 November 2015

WHAT IS PUBLIC HEALTH?



   “Health is a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being and not merely the absence of disease or infirmity"
WHO Definition of Health

Public Health is the science and art of protecting and improving the health of families and communities through promotion of healthy lifestyles, research for disease and injury prevention, detection and control of infectious disease.

Public Health is generally concerned with promoting & Protecting the health of entire populations, not on individual patients or diseases.

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