The World Health Organization’s (WHO’s) World Health Report 2010, “Health systems financing, the path to universal coverage,” promoted universal health coverage (UHC) as an aspirational objective for country health systems. Yet, in addition to the dimensions of services and coverage, distribution of coverage in the population, and financial risk protection highlighted by the report, the conside...

during the human history, there was a great struggle against illness and pain, and physicians have always been vanguard in this fight, but some physicians, in addition to treating patients, have been doing their actual duty, namely the maintenance of human health. in the ancient medical history resources, issues of health protection have been shown to be one of the most significant subjects of ...

J Jones ([email protected])1, J Lawrence1, L Payne Hallström2, J Mantero2, H Kirkbride3, A Walsh3, D Jermacane4, H Simons5, K M Hansford6, E Bennett6, M Catchpole7, on behalf of the international team8 1. Travel and Migrant Health Section, Health Protection Services, Colindale, Health Protection Agency (now Public Health England), London, United Kingdom 2. Surveillance and Response Support ...

Department of Healthcare-Associated Infection and Antimicrobial Resistance, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London NW9 5EQ, UK; Immunisation Department, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London NW9 5EQ, UK; Antibiotic Resistance Monitoring and Reference Laboratory, Health Protection Agency Centre for Infections, London NW9 5HT, UK; Respiratory and Systemic Infectio...

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BACKGROUND In recent years, the term 'resilience' has gained increasing currency in discussions of emergency preparedness. This review identifies key concepts and explores the relevance of resilience for disaster planning and public health protection. METHODS A systematic review of literature on concepts of resilience, with a narrative summary of key relevant concepts for public health. RES...

T raditionally, health protection and health promotion activities have operated independently of each other in the workplace. Health protection has usually been viewed as encompassing the activ­ ities that protect workers from occupational injury and illness ranging from basic safety training to the use of protective gear, work orga­ nization, and safety-enhancing modifications. Health promotio...