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What is public health?

What is public health? Here are some definitions.

Noun
  1. (medicine) The science and practice of community hygiene; includes preventive medicine, health education, sanitation and environmental safety.
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The justification there was purely a matter of public health and nothing whatever to do with racial grounds.
Killarney is this week on a public health red alert following confirmation of two new cases of meningitis in the town.
The acting director of public health, Tessa Greally, wrote to local doctors on November 2 asking them to be on the alert for the illness.
Aside from the teenage pregnancy strategy, few public health initiatives focus on adolescent health.
But public health experts warned against drinking large quantities of sugary drinks in a bid to boost memory function.
Joan was widely known throughout the area, having been a public health nurse for years.

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