MAJOR TRENDS IN PUBLIC HEALTH

Major Trends in Public Health



Major Trends in Public Health

In the 25 years since the adoption of the 1975 report, the veterinary contribution to public health practice (2), many significant developments have occurred in Veterinary Public Health (VPH). A review of this area was therefore timely and the participants welcomed the opportunity to re-examine the role and functions of VPH.

The predominant concern of VPH during the 1970s and for most of the 1980s related to risks of chemical pollution of the environment and the food. However, in the past two decades, emerging and re-emerging zoonotic ...