Prevention
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Admittedly, there are common interests on a global level, such as the preservation of the environment and the
prevention
of war.
We will further increase our cooperation in preventing the spread of weapons of mass destruction and in dealing with the consequences should
prevention
fail.
Of course, because central banks now recognize that their responsibilities extend beyond stabilizing prices to include the
prevention
and management of financial tensions, they would undoubtedly be quick to respond to any shock with a battery of market operations.
Based on three pillars – early detection, integrated
prevention
tactics, and coordination between countries and partners – the roadmap provides a concrete path for ending cholera as a public health threat.
Improving WASH infrastructure is the most effective path to prevention, though implementing these services will take time in countries with fewer resources.
Governments in those West African countries that are the principal producers and consumers of illegal drugs should fund prevention, treatment, and harm-reduction initiatives, rather than only investing in interdiction and law enforcement.
This is not to say that the authorities should not be pushed to improve their
prevention
and response tactics.
It is worth noting that since its creation in 1949, NATO has been one of the world’s most successful instruments of proliferation
prevention.
Improved education is associated with many positive developments, including fewer child marriages, lower death rates among children under the age of five and mothers during childbirth, more effective HIV prevention, higher wages, and greater economic growth.
A proper plan of action should have three components: prevention, treatment, and new research and development towards medical approaches to controlling the disease.
Prevention
is mostly the responsibility of poor countries.
A full-fledged fight against AIDS in Africa might require support from rich countries of around $5 billion per year for this three-pronged strategy of prevention, treatment, and research.
Perhaps $4 billion is needed for
prevention
and care, and $1 billion for research specifically directed at the disease in Sub-Saharan Africa (in addition to more general AIDS research already underway).
The answer is to be found in the realm of
prevention.
But for it to be effective, policymakers should focus on three key areas: prevention; immediate and direct support for the homeless; and assistance for those making the transition to more stable housing.
The old adage that “an ounce of
prevention
is worth a pound of cure” applies with particular force to monetary policy.
Judging from the outcome of last month’s meeting of the ECB’s Governing Council, that “ounce of prevention” appears to be right around the corner for the euro-zone economy.
In Brazil, a television program on the role that folic-acid supplementation could play in the
prevention
of spina bifida (a congenital neural tube defect) immediately grabbed politicians’ attention.
One of the moral benefits of a limited war is the
prevention
of damage through escalation.
Since then, Costa Rica has made itself a center for the study of conflict resolution and prevention, hosting the United Nations-mandated University for Peace.
Obsessed with the war on terror as well as an ideology of privatizing the functions of government, the administration systematically sapped FEMA’s long-term ability to prevent disaster or at least cushion the blows when
prevention
is not possible.
Crisis
prevention
is much to be preferred to intervention; the best way to prevent crises is to foster the development of open societies.
Calls for more police and tougher prison sentences are seen as a right-wing effort to control the underclass, while
prevention
programs based on an enhanced standard of living are derided as “socialist.”
Youth
prevention
programs, cracking down on gangs, and recidivism reduction schemes would yield massive pay-offs compared to their costs, thus representing a sound investment in Latin America’s future.
The problem is that existing tools for TB diagnosis, treatment, and
prevention
have severe limitations.
Similar problems arise in
prevention.
The Bacille de Calmette et Guérin (BCG) vaccine – the only one available for the disease, and the main pillar of TB
prevention
– is only partly effective.
While European police forces place
prevention
at the top of their agendas, France has chosen to treat it as a marginal goal.
Given the length and the magnitude of many of today’s conflicts – in which great powers are frequently involved – a bold and comprehensive international commitment is urgently needed for
prevention
and humanitarian response.
If, over the next decade, low- and middle-income countries could improve NCD
prevention
and treatment at the same rate as the average rich country from 2000 to 2013, they would avert more than five million deaths.
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