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Public Health
Public Health, Exam 1, Dates
| Date | Event |
|---|---|
| 1917 | Russia - public health was 1st priority |
| 1930 | Russia - good results in public health |
| 1920 | Winslow defined public health |
| 1945 | WHO created (Geneva, Switzerland) |
| 1960's | awareness of polluted air and lakes |
| 1965 | antismoking campaign started (45 million fewer smokers today) |
| 1965 Michigan | 1st true case of Legionella - failed to recognize it - public health dept. building - mass hysteria |
| 1970's | 1286 toxic waste sites found |
| 1970 | OSHA, EPA, FDA, USDA |
| 1976 | Breast cancer & birth control cohort study began and still going on; Legionnaires disease |
| 1980 | Dr. Gottlieb brought AIDS to light |
| 1983 | Dr. Montagnier & Dr. Gallo identified HIV |
| 1984 | ELISA test for HIV |
| 1986 | name changed from GRID or HTLV to AIDS |
| 1987 | Western Blot Test developed for HIV |
| 1993 | Russian infant mortality rate increased by 30% (19.9/1000 vs. USA 7/1000) |
| 1994 | Russia 50,000 cases of Diptheria (USA 1-2) |
| 1994 | PCR test developed for HIV |
| 1995 | 43,000 died of AIDS in USA |
| 2000 | USA death rate dropped from 800/100,000 (in 1990) to 50/100,000 |
| 2000 | USA infant mortality rate dropped to 0.72% as compared to 11% in 1900 |
| 2002 | 900,000 AIDS patients; 500,000 died |
| 2003 | 58 infectious diseases were listed as reportable decided by CSTE (Council on State and Territorial Epidemiology) |
| 2004 | Worldwide AIDS cases 46 million HIV+ and 4 million have died of AIDS |
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