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View synonyms for public health

public health

noun

  1. health services to improve and protect community health, especially sanitation, immunization, and preventive medicine.


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Other Words From

  • public-health adjective

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Word History and Origins

Origin of public health1

First recorded in 1610–20

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Example Sentences

Not to be left behind, progressives in neighboring Wisconsin clamored to join the cutting edge of public health.

Each individual race involves an unusual collaboration between researchers, manufacturers, and public-health entities.

All because Murthy believes that gun violence, which kills an average of 86 Americans every day, is a public health issue.

The NRA opposes him because he referred to gun violence as a “public-health crisis.”

In the U.K., an estimated 107,800 people are currently living with HIV, based on the latest report from Public Health England.

The boards of guardians were concerned in these works only in their capacity as public health authorities.

Is it any wonder that it has been so difficult to pass a Public Health bill?

Improvement in public health requires cooperation and coordination of all these.

In so far as such powers and duties are common Public Health Acts.

The Public Health Acts 1875 to 1907 contain elaborate provisions for dealing with nuisances.

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