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| Prof. Dr. Hematram Yadav |
It gives me great pleasure to welcome all of you to this 3rd International Conference on Public Health in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. This is the 3rd time this conference is being organised by
TIIKM and the theme of the conference is „Strengthening the public health infra-structure towards healthy communities. ”First of all let me thank you all for attending this conference and secondly I would like to thank all the local academic partners and all universities and is particular the Ministry of Health Malaysia for providing support for the conference. Globally public health is no longer dominated by infectious diseases instead it is being dominated by chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and mental-health conditions, which require continuous treatment although polio and HIV are still with us. At the same time, newly emerging diseases such as Zika and Ebola epidemics are making headlines and these pose challenges to global health security in the future.
TIIKM and the theme of the conference is „Strengthening the public health infra-structure towards healthy communities. ”First of all let me thank you all for attending this conference and secondly I would like to thank all the local academic partners and all universities and is particular the Ministry of Health Malaysia for providing support for the conference. Globally public health is no longer dominated by infectious diseases instead it is being dominated by chronic diseases such as heart disease, diabetes, cancer, and mental-health conditions, which require continuous treatment although polio and HIV are still with us. At the same time, newly emerging diseases such as Zika and Ebola epidemics are making headlines and these pose challenges to global health security in the future.
Also war, civil unrest, and acts of terrorism can hinder progress in all aspects of global development, including health, education, and gender equality. Extreme weather and rising sea levels, temperatures, and carbon dioxide levels could usher in a wide variety of human health effects. We as public health professionals need to address some of these issues and influence our policy makers to act. It is important to consider how our actions today will be viewed by our future generations‟ decades from now.
This year we have received about 600 abstracts for the conference and we are happy of the tremendous response we have received. I am sure that you all will deliberate on some of these important issues in the next few days. Finally let me take this opportunity to thank all the plenary speakers and also the members of the organising committee for the excellent preparations and arrangements for this conference and you the participants who have made this conference happen. Hope you all will have good conference for the next few days and also enjoy the beauty of Kuala Lumpur and Malaysia.
Prof. Dr. Hematram Yadav
Department of Community Medicine MAHSA University
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
Department of Community Medicine MAHSA University
Kuala Lumpur
Malaysia
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