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Does anyone care about public health?
posted at 1/12/2010 2:50 PM GMT
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The latest white paper has come out on public health and the papers are full of comments from people telling the govt where to put their nanny state. Most doctors don't seem to care that much about public health. The govt is actually saying that McDonalds etc can set their own levels of fat and salt (people say this is like putting Dracula in charge of the blood bank) but is also setting up Public Health England which could have £4bn to spend on public health measures. GPs may get extra money for encouraging patients to lose weight. It's a bit same old, same old- it's just too difficult to get anyone to eat less fat or drink less alcohol because they like doing it. |
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Re: Does anyone care about public health?
posted at 19/10/2011 2:15 PM BST
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Re: Does anyone care about public health?
posted at 14/11/2011 11:48 AM GMT
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The public health services started in US when the spread of disease was a serious concern here. The PHS officers became very much concerned about the importation of disease into the United States. The PHS officers worked directly with state and local departments of health to track, prevent and arrest epidemics as they emerged. They helped the public when everybody was battling with influenza, polio, typhus, typhoid, smallpox and a range of other. The following site has importnat information about this http://www.fda.gov/medicaldevices/safety/alertsandnotices/publichealthnotifications/default.htm
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Re: Does anyone care about public health?
posted at 16/12/2011 2:08 AM GMT
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Yes in the US it is a big concern. And by all rights it should be, Lack of public health concern, equates, to malnutrition, Disease spread, Proclivity of antibiotic resistant strains of bacteria, and lack of proper medical treatment for other wise easily treated maladies. |
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