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SpyIntel [72]
3 years ago
14

What does the term prevention mean in relation to health?

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1 answer:
Fofino [41]3 years ago
7 0
Prevention consists of actions or measures to be taken to prevent diseases from occurring. It refers to different ways to keep ourselves protected from any harmful germs, bacteria and organisms that cause different kinds of diseases. It opposed the idea of treatment which is done when disease already occur. 
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