Public health in Central and Eastern Europe: research, education and practice

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This volume of International Journal of Public Health on public health in Central and Eastern Europe cannot be more timely. I am saying this despite the fact that you will find no single paper discussing COVID-19! The timeliness is hidden rather in the subject, public health at the time, when most people around the World suddenly became public health or epidemiology experts. Atul Gavande, a surgeon, public health researcher and writer recently, as results of the COVID-19 pandemic, called for building up a strong public health system in the USA and balancing funding between clinical medicine and public health (Gavande 2020). I believe, there is no better place in the World to discuss these issues as Central–Eastern Europe, and this fact brings the timeliness of this volume of IJPH. …