Public Health in the Past, Today and Future

According to the WHO, health is not just the absence of disease, but a state of complete physical, social and mental well-being, which is why the main goals of health are aimed at improving physical, mental and spiritual health. Health is one of the fundamental rights of every human being, a precondition for prosperity and quality of life indicator for measuring progress and the basis of steady economic growth. Today, many professions are committed to modernizing the culture of relations with the public, i.e. citizens. This is also essential in healthcare, with the aim of placing the patient’s well-being and rights at the center of attention, i.e. a culture of patient-centeredness. In order to ensure that the rights of every patient are respected, a more efficient system of protecting patients’ rights is needed at all levels, and above all in hospitals, and, patient representatives should be appointed in all hospitals. The health status of our population depends on a rapid changes, such as number of demographic, social, cultural, ethnical, and other characteristics which are for several decades in a very intensive changes, The Jakarta Declaration identified five priorities: a) Promoting social responsibility for the state of health; b) Increasing investments for development of health; c) Development of partnerships for work on health promotion; d) Increasing the capacity of society and training the individual; e) Provision of infrastructure for health promotion. Analyzes of the effectiveness of preventive activities represent a systematic assessment of the impact of public health policies, programs and practices on health outcomes. Based on them, it is possible to create basic recommendations related to public health programs, guidelines for prevention and control, and making decisions about the allocation of available funds.