Eight national teams participated–seven which qualified from earlier stages, plus England, which received an automatic berth as the host nation. They were split into two groups of 4: Group A and Group B. Each team in a group played each other once, with the top two teams in each group moving into the semi-finals. The winner faced the runner-up of the other group in a play-off, with the winner of each semi-final advancing to the final to determine the champion.
A qualifying round ran from 22 March to 3 October 2004 . The teams which were entered played in a group stage, with the winners advancing to the final, and the runners-up being given the chance of qualification through a play-off. England, as the host nation, qualified automatically for the tournament.
The following teams were eliminated at this stage :
Three teams were also eliminated in play-offs for the tournament:
More information on the qualification format at UEFA.com
For a list of all squads that played in the final tournament, see 2005 UEFA Women's Championship squads
Top two placed teams advanced to the semifinals
Note:
Laurent Robert
Laurent Robert (born 21 May 1975) is a French football player. He has played for France national team.
185||43
150||23
13||2
13||0
17||1
6||0
384||69
!Total||9||1
Nicolae Mitea
Nicolae Mitea (born 24 March 1985) is a Romanian football player. He has played for Romania national team.
21||0
53||11
74||11
!Total||8||2
Yasumichi Uchima
Yasumichi Uchima (born 10 September 1984) is a Japanese football player. He plays for Gainare Tottori.
46||1||5||1||51||2
46||1||5||1||51||2
Rodrigo Fabri
Rodrigo Fabri (born 15 January 1976) is a Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
222||63
45||8
23||3
290||74
!Total||3||1
Public health
Public health is the science dealing with prevention there is a disease that is a threat to the overall health of a community, as well as with prolonging life and promoting health. The aims are achieved through the organized efforts and informed choices of society, public and private organizations, communities and individuals.
It bases on health analysis of a handful of people or all the inhabitants of several continents rather than on an individual. Public health includes such parts as epidemiology, biostatistics, health services, environmental, social, behavioral, and occupational health.
Public health intervention prevents rather than treats a disease through surveillance of cases and promotes healthy behaviors such as hand washing, vaccination programs and distribution of condoms. In outbreaks of an infectious disease, treating a disease may be vital to preventing it in others.
Most countries have their own government public health agencies, sometimes known as ministries of health, to respond to domestic health issues. Many diseases are preventable through simple, non-medical methods. Public health plays an important role in disease prevention efforts in the developing world and in developed countries, through local health systems and through international non-governmental organizations. In the developing world, there may not be enough trained health workers or monetary resources to provide a basic level of medical care and disease prevention.
Public health has roots in antiquity. From the beginning, human civilization recognized that polluted water and lack of proper waste disposal spread communicable diseases. Early religions attempted to regulate behavior related to health, from types of food eaten, to behaviors, such as drinking alcohol or sexual relationships. Governments placed responsibility on leaders to develop public health policies and programs in order to gain some understanding of the causes of disease, ensure social stability prosperity, and maintain order.
The Chinese developed the practice of variolation following a smallpox epidemic around 1000 BC. The practice of vaccination did not become prevalent until the 1820s. During the 14th century Black Death in Europe, burning parts of cities resulted in benefit, since it destroyed the rodent infestations. The development of quarantine in the medieval period restricted effects of other infectious diseases.
Later they started build of sewers, the regular collection of garbage, incineration or disposal, providing clean water and draining standing water to prevent the breeding of mosquitos. The industrial revolution initially caused the spread of disease through large conurbations around workhouses and factories.
The increase in average life span in the 20th century is credited to public health achievements, such as vaccination programs and control of infectious diseases, effective safety policies of motor vehicle and occupational safety, improved family planning, chlorination of drinking water, smoke-free measures, and programs on decreasing chronic disease such as cancer, heart disease and more physical exercise.
Sometimes, the developing world is plagued by largely preventable infectious diseases, due to malnutrition and poverty. The focus of public health has moved from individual behaviors and risk factors to population-level issues such as inequality, poverty, and education. There is recognition that our health is affected by where we live, genetics, our income, our educational status and our social relationships.
Schools of public health offer:
Most governments recognize the importance of public health programs in reducing the incidence of disease, disability, and the effects of aging, although public health generally receives significantly less government funding compared with medicine. In recent years, public health programs providing vaccinations have made strides in promoting health, including the eradication of smallpox.
An important public health issues facing the world currently are HIV/AIDS, antibiotic resistance, leading to the re-emergence of diseases such as Tuberculosis, diabetes. As non-communicable diseases caused by smoking have been threatening public health, public health started controlling smoking. The global health system needs to find a way to even out communicable and non communicable diseases. Many nations have implemented major initiatives to cut smoking, such as increased taxation and bans on smoking in some or all public places.
Tsubasa Watabe
Tsubasa Watabe (born 13 December 1986) is a Japanese football player.
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20||0||3||0||23||0
Marcos Assunção
Marcos Assunção (born 25 July 1976) is a Brazilian football player. He has played for Brazil national team.
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55||9
135||24
12||1
256||42
!Total||11||1
James McFadden
James McFadden (born 14 April 1983) is a Scottish football player. He plays for Birmingham City and Scotland national team.
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151||19||9||3||12||3||9||1||181||26
214||45||15||8||13||4||9||1||251||58
!Total||45||14
Richard Wright
Richard Wright (born 5 November 1977) is an English football player. He has played for England national team.
377||0||24||0||41||0||4||0||446||0
377||0||24||0||41||0||4||0||446||0
!Total||2||0
Lawrence Akandu
Lawrence Akandu (born 10 December 1974) is a Hong Kong football player. He has played for Hong Kong national team.
102||53||8||2||6||1||6||3||122||59
102||53||8||2||6||1||6||3||122||59
!Total||7||1
Marco Cassetti
Marco Cassetti (born 29 May 1977) is an Italian football player. He plays for Roma.
322||27||26||0||17||1||365||28
322||27||26||0||17||1||365||28
!Total||5||0
Piyapong Pue-on
Piyapong Pue-on (born 14 November 1959) is a Thai football manager and former football player. He played for Thailand national team.
Aaron Hughes
Aaron Hughes (born 8 November 1979) is a Northern Irish football player. He plays for Fulham and Northern Ireland national team.
326||4||30||1||17||0||44||2||417||7
326||4||30||1||17||0||44||2||417||7
!Total||70||0
Wilfred Bouma
Wilfred Bouma (born 15 June 1978) is a Dutch football player. He has played for Netherlands national team.
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83||3||3||0||2||0||2||0||90||3