Odone Anna, Vitale Marco, Signorelli Carlo
Editor, Acta Biomedica.
Acta Biomed. 2020 Jul 20;91(9-S):5-6. doi: 10.23750/abm.v91i9-S.10200.
The COVID-19 hit the world with devastating clinical, economic and social burden. If any constructive element arises from this tragedy, it is a greater awareness of the key role of public health, which will also be instrumental in the way out of the crisis. Defined in broader terms as the science of protecting the safety and improving the health of communities through education, policy making and research for disease and injury prevention, public health action has guided COVID-19 surveillance and monitoring, the adoption of containment and mitigation measures, has informed the management and organization of healthcare delivery in emergency and has fuelled health communication and education to the general population. [...].
新冠疫情给全球带来了毁灭性的临床、经济和社会负担。如果说这场悲剧有任何建设性因素的话，那就是人们更加意识到了公共卫生的关键作用，而这对于走出危机也将起到重要作用。从更广泛的意义上讲，公共卫生是一门通过疾病和伤害预防教育、政策制定及研究来保护社区安全和增进健康的科学，公共卫生行动指导了新冠疫情的监测，推动了防控和缓解措施的实施，为紧急情况下医疗服务的管理和组织提供了依据，并促进了面向普通民众的健康传播和教育。[……]
