Progress in Public Health Administration

Problems and progress in public health education.

Further development of public health education is critical to improve population health globally. A debate on the relevance and direction of some 400 schools of public health and many other related institutions around the world is therefore timely. Some argue that most public health schools set up in low-income countries blindly follow their counterparts in high-income countries, reproducing cl...

Public Health Administration and Management in Albania

Public Health Progress and Race Progress--are They Incompatible?

Entered as second-class matter July 18, 1923, at the Post Offlce at Lancaster, Pa., under the Act of March 8, 1879. THE public health workers, the social workers, the civilizers, we are told, are corrupting the race; are destroying the race. By protecting us from our enemies, the bacteria and the viruses; by removing the sources of disease; by showing us how to avoid unfavorable conditions and,...

European public health research literatures: measuring progress.

Public health research makes an important contribution to Europe and its citizens. The collaborative study SPHERE (Strengthening Public Health Research in Europe) was developed in response to a call from the European Commission’s Sixth Framework Research Programme. It includes 19 partners in 12 countries, structured around the European Public Health Association and led by the UK Faculty of Publ...

Progress in public health in the Year of the Goat.

We welcome the Year of the Goat, or Sheep, depending on which version of the Chinese almanac you read. Either way, tradition tells us that it will be a calmer, more gentle year. Those born in the Year of the Goat are said to be mild-mannered and gentle, tending to be romantic about life and preferring to work in groups rather than as individuals. Of course teamwork is most important in public h...