COVID-19: Hygiene and Public Health to the front.

• DOI: 10.23750/abm.v91i3-s.9507
• Publication Date: 2020-04-07
• Authors: Carlo Signorelli; Fara Gm
• Keywords: Seriousness

Public Health professionals and academics have been on the frontline of Italian history during COVID-19 response like they never did before. Ancient professors Hygiene such as Celli, Pagliani, Sclavo, Petragnani, Seppilli Giovanardi flanked politicians in other critical moments. They helped them to manage healthcare reforms, earthquakes response, Seveso Dioxin disaster, cholera poliomielitis epidemics health threats. The ongoing epidemic has highlighted paramount importance practical application basic concepts public health, which were considered so far became obsolete, personal hygiene, quarantine, individual protective devices or epidemiological measures. used a targeted audience lecturers. Nowadays, these topics are concern much larger audience. women men now asked act task forces, media broadcasts, webinars consulting activities. In phase 2 this - is about begin when volume be published role could become even more relevant. However, unexpected season must managed with seriousness intelligence, capitalizing it also for future. If our Post-Graduate Schools (Igiene e Medicina Preventiva), scientific associations, academic lecturers officers do not prove up situation, dull future discipline might very well be. On contrary, if we all hope, will able ride wave dramatic crisis, transforming into relevant professional opportunity, then build post-COVID-19 cutting-edge, attractive, modern discipline. This Supplement Acta Biomedica, planned before onset emergency Italy, but already successful presenting two papers COVID-19, further proof how current lively is.