Open Public Health Issues

ABSTRACT

Public health is an important issue that involves a substantial segment of a certain population with diseases, such as Type II diabetes, infectious diseases (e.g. Tuberculosis (TB), COVID-19, etc.), mental health challenges, and motor vehicle accidents. Unlike the healthcare field, public health is further concerned about safeguarding the entire population. The focus of public health is to slash health inequalities. The fundamental concepts are to protect the public from contagious diseases, enhance service facilities, and elevate the population’s health by a healthy lifestyle. Despite the rapid evolution and advancement of medical treatments and technologies, many public health problems vexing technologically advanced nations worldwide. This chapter discusses prominent global health issues and illustrates the effect from the COVID-19 pandemic perspective. The chapter will further focus on significant threats to global public health during the worldwide pandemic. © 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive license to Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd.