10 Interesting Fact About Epidemiology

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• Epidemiology is the study of diseases and the factors that influence it in a population.
• In Indonesia, epidemiology is one of the very important fields of science in order to overcome public health problems.
• Epidemiology also helps in identifying and handling disease outbreaks that occur in an area.
• One of the outbreaks of diseases that had occurred in Indonesia was an outbreak of bird flu in 2005.
• Epidemiology also helps in developing effective health programs in an area.
• One of the health programs run in Indonesia based on epidemiology is the immunization program.
• Epidemiology also helps in identifying risk factors that affect the occurrence of disease in a region.
• One of the most common risk factors found in Indonesia is an unhealthy diet.
• Epidemiology also helps in evaluating the effectiveness of health programs that are run in a region.
• Epidemiology also helps in providing appropriate health policy recommendations to overcome public health problems in Indonesia.