title: Ancient human civilizations left behind a rich legacy of descriptions and prescriptions concerning human ailments of the past.
mesh_terms: D003140:Communicable Disease Control / Q000379:methods* / Q000639:trends*; D004196:Disease Outbreaks / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D005544:Forecasting; D014943:Global Health; D006801:Humans; D014944:World Health Organization