Public health

Work to improve health across communities.

People in Public health

6 profiles

Nurse

Florence Nightingale

Helping establish modern professional nursing.

Physician

Edward Jenner

Developing smallpox vaccination using material from cowpox.

Physician

Prakash Amte

Providing healthcare and education through Lok Biradari Prakalp.

Psychiatrist

Phon Sangsingkeo

Advancing humane mental-health care in Thailand.

Physician

Cynthia Maung

Providing border health care through the Mae Tao Clinic.

Microbiologist

Karl Friedrich Meyer

Tracing infections between animals, food and people.