The birth and evolution of the Ministry of Health and of the National Health Service in Italy

The birth and evolution of the Ministry of Health and of the National Health Service in Italy

Authors

  • Andrea Alberto Conti Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Keywords:

Italian Ministry of Health, National Health Service, Public Health, Epidemiology, Prevention, History of Medicine

Abstract

Current Ministries of Health (MH) have fundamental commitments in the body of modern States and exercise a number of functions that mainly regard the safeguard of human and animal health and medical-
health planning and management. The many and various tasks of third millennium MH range from the surveillance of the safety of alimentary products, workplaces and the general environment to the organization of health professions and structures, from veterinary
services to scientific research in the health context, from prevention of disorders to care and rehabilitation of diseases (1). [...]

Author Biography

Andrea Alberto Conti, Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence, Florence, Italy

Andrea Alberto Conti, MD, PhD, MPH.

Department of Experimental and Clinical Medicine, University of Florence.

Largo Brambilla 3, I-50134, Firenze, Italy.

Tel.: +39/055/4271514; Fax: +39/055/4271413; E-mail: [email protected]

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Published

27-04-2015

Issue

Vol. 86 No. 1 (2015): Acta BioMed 1-2015

Section

LETTERS TO EDITOR

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How to Cite

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Conti AA. The birth and evolution of the Ministry of Health and of the National Health Service in Italy. Acta Biomed [Internet]. 2015 Apr. 27 [cited 2024 Jul. 27];86(1):111-2. Available from: https://mattioli1885journals.com/index.php/actabiomedica/article/view/3548