Questions on Public Health

1. What is public health? 2. Why is public health important? 3. Name a historical world epidemic that affected people's health? What happened? 4. Some world health issues include spreading of AIDs, SARS, H1N1 etc What are some of the current world health issues that people are concerned about? for each, - briefly describe what is the health issue, - why is it important and - what is currently begin done - assess its effectiveness 5. Some local health issues that people in Singapore are concerned about include HFM, Dengue What are some of the current world health issues that people are concerned about? for each, - briefly describe what is the health issue, - why is it important and - what is currently begin done - assess its effectiveness