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Why is Public Health Important to Countries of Eastern Europe and Russia?

Why is Public Health Important to Countries of Eastern Europe and Russia?. TH Tulchinsky MD MPH Braun School of Public Health Oct 2003. "All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; …..

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Why is Public Health Important to Countries of Eastern Europe and Russia?

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  1. Why is Public Health Important to Countries of Eastern Europe and Russia? TH Tulchinsky MD MPH Braun School of Public Health Oct 2003

  2. "All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; ….. As therefore the bell that rings to a sermon, calls not upon the preacher only, but upon the congregation to come: so this bell calls us all: … “No man is an island, entire of itself...any man's death diminishes me, because I am involved in mankind; and therefore never send to know for whom the bell tolls; it tolls for thee."

  3. Learning from Others Science and technology – “the state of the art” Disease patterns • Infectious • Non-infectious • Toxic • Trauma • Nutritional Interventions for prevention Interventions for case management Managing health systems

  4. GDP Per Capita CEE, Russia, Israel

  5. Crude Fertility Rates, CEE, Russia, Israel

  6. Crude Mortality Rates

  7. Life Expectancy, CEE, Russia, Israel

  8. Maternal Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  9. Stroke Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  10. CHD Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  11. Ca Cx Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  12. MVA Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  13. Trauma Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  14. Cirrhosis Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  15. Diabetes Mortality, CEE, Russia, Israel

  16. Public Health Burden of CEE, Russia • High mortality from preventable disease • Nutrition e.g. MNDs, obesity-unfitness, diabetes • Chronic disease e.g. congestive heart failure, diabetes, cancer, osteoporosis, dementias • Infectious diseases (new and old)e.g. TB, HIV, STDs • Inequalities e.g. geographic disparities • Mental health, substance abuse, depression • Costs (rising), resources (limited), priorities (needed)

  17. Health Status: International Data Source • Health for All Data Base, WHO European Region • Accessible at www.who.dk/ • Country programs • Copy Diskette 1 and diskette 2 to hard disc • Open • Includes all countries in WHO Euro region • Superb: Use it

  18. Why Health Targets? • US and WHO experience • Objectives with funding support • Measurable set of objectives, targets, goals • National, regional comparisons • International comparisons • Funding allocation • Relevant to Israel • Ethnic and deprived group health • Diabetes • Hypertension • Nutrition status monitoring etc

  19. Urgent Issues • International standards • Down size hospital sector, transfer to home care • Training in NPH • National health priorities, policies, targets • Immunization • Vitamin K for newborns • Hypertension control at primary care level • Clinical guidelines • TB, STD, HIV control • Monitoring and continuing adaptation

  20. What Should You Be Reading? • MMWR www.cdc.gov/mmwr • HFA Data Base www.who.dk • WER www.who.int/ • Am Journal of Pub Health • European Journal of Pub Health • NEJM • Lancet/BMJ • Pubmed • Internet • Promed

  21. Thank You

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