Public health and health education

This publication introduces the history of the development of public healthcare, its principles, current issues at the EU and Czech Republic level, and the health and social determinants that influence public health. It presents the healthcare systems of selected countries, introduces the role of the WHO and the EU in promoting public health, and their community projects. It also focuses on the national health policy of the Czech Republic, its management, the stakeholders involved in public healthcare and their roles, the existing system for financing curative and preventive care in the Czech Republic, and the system for the protection and promotion of public health.