🌍 Rationale: Modern Public Health 🌍

The main objectives of Public Health are:

• Disease prevention
• Health promotion
• Clean environment and sanitation
• Improvement of the community’s standard of living

The foundation of Modern Public Health is based on the understanding of the scientific causes of diseases and their prevention .

The question is – Who is considered the pioneer of Modern Public Health?

✅ Correct Answer: (d) Louis Pasteur

Louis Pasteur is considered the forerunner of Modern Public Health because he:

• Proposed the Germ Theory of Disease
• Proved that diseases are caused by microorganisms
• Introduced the concept of Pasteurization
• Laid the foundation of public health based on disease prevention

His work provided a scientific basis for preventive medicine and public health .

Why are the other options incorrect?

(a) Phoebe → No major or recognized role in the development of public health.

(b) Florence Nightingale → She is the pioneer of Modern Nursing and Sanitary Reform, but not the forerunner of Modern Public Health .

(c) Serelette → No recognized or documented contribution to public health.

✅ Exam Point:
Forerunner of Modern Public Health →
➤ Louis Pasteur
(Based on Germ Theory & disease prevention)

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