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Discovery is an ongoing collaboration between NHS boards, the Scottish Government, NHS National Services Scotland, and Public Health Scotland. It is an online management information system that provides approved users with access to a range of comparative healthcare information.
A timeline of key public health milestones, created for the occasion of the World Health Organization’s 75th anniversary, serves as a reminder of some of the most memorable successes and how these have contributed to improved health across the world.
Dec 1, 2022 · To celebrate the 175th anniversary of the first public health official's appointment in 1847, we have compiled a timeline of significant dates for public health.
In 1842 in Boston, Massachusetts, Lemuel Shattuck initiated a statewide registration of vital statistics, which later became a model elsewhere in the USA. His report was a landmark in the evolution of public health administration and planning.
History. During the past 150 years, two factors have shaped the modern public health system: first, the growth of scientific knowledge about sources and means of controlling disease; second, the growth of public acceptance of disease control as both a possibility and a public responsibility.
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The 1800s. In 1872, despite enduring a stroke and the death of 2 of his daughters to typhoid, Louis Pasteur creates the first laboratory-produced vaccine: the vaccine for fowl cholera in chickens. In 1885, Louis Pasteur successfully prevents rabies through post-exposure vaccination. The treatment is controversial.
Nov 21, 2022 · ‘The Great Sanitary Awakening’ of the 19th century has been described as key driver of social reform and resulted in a paradigm shift in how society viewed health and illness. 1 During the early 1800s, the industrial revolution led to rapid urbanization, expansive population growth and mass internal migration into towns and cities, associated wi...
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