[Development of the public health services in the Brandenburg district--a contribution to the panel discussion in Augsburg 1991].

Abstract

The author reports on the previous development of Public Health services in the Land of Brandenburg which was formerly part of the now defunct German Democratic Republic. Marked differences compared with the other four Lands previously belonging to the GDR, now integrated into the FRG, are described. The health policy of the Brandenburg Land government has so far exercised a negative effect on Public Health services. Problems of training are discussed. The Association of Physicians of Public Health Services of the Land of Brandenburg played a consultant and major role in promoting the setting-up of the Public Health offices. The author reports on Land legislative activities in the Public Health services sphere.