This textbook offers a comprehensive and up-to-date guide to community medicine, integrating standard preventive and social medicine topics with the latest developments in public-health practice. Chapters cover epidemiology, biostatistics, health programmes, environmental and occupational health, and emerging diseases. The latest edition includes new topics such as AI in health care, drug-resistant tuberculosis, social psychology and health services research. With flowcharts, tables and visuals, it’s tailored for medical undergraduates, post-graduates and public-health professionals.