title: Preventive medicine and public health.
abstract: A second disease is nearing eradication, with dracunculiasis cases decreasing. Violence is now recognized as a public health problem, but there is still skepticism that public health can offer solutions. The support of government is essential for health monitoring systems and interventions that require aggregate approaches.
authors.affiliation: Carter Center, Atlanta, Ga, USA.
authors.forename: W
authors.initials: W
authors.lastname: Foege
mesh_terms: D006801:Humans; D011315:Preventive Medicine / Q000639:trends*; D011634:Public Health / Q000639:trends*; D014481:United States