Table of contents


Preface


Editorial


What is the "New Public Health"?
Theodore H Tulchinsky MD, MPH - Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel.
Elena A Varavikova MD, MPH, PhD - Public Health Research Institute CNIIOIZ, Moscow, Russia.

Threats to Global Health and Opportunities for Change: A New Global Health
Ulrich Laaser DTM&H, MPH. Section of International Public Health (S-IPH) Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Bielefeld, POB 10 01 31, D-33501 Bielefeld, Germany, Website: FPHSEE: http://www.snz.hr/fph-see
Leon Epstein, Professor, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Braun School of Public Health & Community Medicine, Jerusalem, Israel, E-mail at leon@hadassah.org.il.

Communicable Diseases: Achievements and Challenges for Public Health
Ursula Schlipköter, MPH - Pettenkofer School of Public Health, Institut für Medizinische Informationsverarbeitung, Biometrie und Epidemiologie, Ludwig Maximilian University Munich, Germany.
Antoine Flahault, MD, PhD - Dean, Ecole des Hautes Etudes Sante Publique, Paris and Rennes, France.

Chronic Disease Prevention and the New Public Health
Helen Ann Halpin, PhD, ScM - Professor and Director, Center for Health and Public Policy Studies, School Public Health, University of California, Berkeley, California, United States.
Maria M. Morales-Suárez-Varela MD, PhD, PhM - Unit of Public Health and Environmental Care, Department of Preventive Medicine, University of Valencia. Valencia; CIBER - Epidemiology and Public Health Spain; Research Foundation. University Hospital Dr. Peset, Valencia, Spain.
José M Martin-Moreno MD, MPH, DrPH - Professor of Preventive Medicine and Public Health at the Medical School, University of Valencia, Spain; Senior Strategic Adviser, World Health Organization-Regional Office for Europe.

The Political Face of Public Health
Lawrence D. Brown, PhD - Professor, Mailman School of Public Health, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA.

A Framework for Public Health in the United States
Jonathan E. Fielding, MD, MPH, MBA - Los Angeles County Department of Public Health.
Steven Teutsch, MD, MPH - UCLA School of Public Health.
Lester Breslow, MD - UCLA School of Medicine.

United States Innovations in Health Care Delivery
Stephen M. Shortell, PhD, M.B.A., M.P.H - Blue Cross of California Distinguished Professor of Health Policy and Management, and Dean, School of Public Health, University of California, Berkeley.
Robin Gillies, PhD - Researcher, School of Public Health, UC-Berkeley.
Frances Wu, BS, MS - Ph.D. Student, School of Public Health, UC-Berkeley.

Public Health in Europe: Power, Politics, and Where Next?
David Stuckler PhD, MPH - Oxford University, Department of Sociology, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine.
Sanjay Basu MD, MPH - University of California San Francisco, Department of Medicine; San Francisco General Hospital, Division of General Internal Medicine; Email sanjay.basu@ucsf.edu
Martin McKee MD, DSc - London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine ; European Observatory on Health Systems and Policies; Email: martin.mckee@lshtm.ac.uk

Micronutrient Deficiency Conditions: Global Health Issues
Theodore H Tulchinsky, MD, MPH - Braun School of Public Health and Community Medicine. Hebrew University-Hadassah, Hadassah Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel.

Public Health Interventions to Combat Micronutrient Deficiencies
Gail G. Harrison, PhD - Professor, UCLA School of Public Health; Director, UCLA Center for Global and Immigrant Health; Senior Research Scientist, UCLA Center for Health Policy Research; Associate Director, Program for Healthy and At-Risk Populations, Division of Cancer Prevention and Control, UCLA/Jonsson Comprehensive Cancer Center.

The Vitamin D Deficiency Pandemic: a Forgotten Hormone Important for Health
Michael F. Holick, PhD, MD - Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Nutrition, and Diabetes. Vitamin D, Skin and Bone Research Laboratory, Boston University Medical Center, Boston University School of Medicine, 85 East Newton Street, M-1013 Boston, MA, USA.

Folic Acid and Vitamin B12 Fortification of Flour: A Global Basic Food Security Requirement
Godfrey P. Oakley, Jr. MD, MSPM - Research Professor of Epidemiology, Rollins School of Public Health, Emory University, Atlanta, GA, USA.
Theodore H Tulchinsky MD MPH - Braun School of Public Health, Hebrew University-Hadassah, Ein Karem, Jerusalem, Israel 91120.

Workforce Resources for Health in Developing Countries
Shrikant I. Bangdiwala MS, PhD - Department of Biostatistics, Gillings School of Global Public Health, The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA; University of South Africa, Johannesburg.
Sharon Fonn MBBCh, PhD - School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa.
Osegbeaghe Okoye MBBS, MPH - 2B Degema Close, Rumuibekwe Housing Estate, Port Harcourt, Nigeria.
Stephen Tollman MMed, MA, MPH, PhD - MRC/Wits Rural Public Health and Health Transitions Research Unit School of Public Health, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa; Epidemiology and Global Health, Umeå University, Sweden.

Influenza pandemics: past, present and future challenges
Antoine Flahault MD, PhD - Dean, EHESP School of Public Health.
Patrick Zylberman PhD - Professor, History of Health. EHESP School of Public Health.