Showing posts with label public health. Show all posts
Showing posts with label public health. Show all posts

Thursday, December 9, 2010

VIEWPOINT ON PUBLIC HEALTH

The public health movement in India relies on medical models with urgency-driven curative medical solutions which have always been short-term fixes and have resulted in the postponement of permanent public health solutions. The easy availability of antibiotics and medication in the developing world mean that provision of clean water, improvements in sanitation, nutrition and housing, all of which are basic public health approaches.