1. What is public health? -- 2. Epidemiology in practice -- 3. Assessing health needs -- 4. Choosing the best public health interventions -- 5. Health economics and funding interventions: what health economics can contribute -- 6. Managing and implementing interventions -- 7. Developing a district health service -- 8. Health promotion -- 9. Maternal and child health -- 10. Managing medicines -- 11. Control of communicable diseases -- 12. Future trends in global public health