This database brings to light both the benefits and deficiencies of public health policy during the latter half of the twentieth century. Drawn from Readex's comprehensive Joint Publications Research Service (JPRS) Reports, 1957-1995, the new Public Health collection retains that database's focus on communist and authoritarian countries. One of the most compelling features of the Public Health collection is that it covers nearly the entire span of both the Cold War and institutionalized apartheid.