The prevention of health problems and illness is more important than treatment and medicine. Government funding should reflect this. To what extent do you agree?

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Owing to the deteriorating
healthy
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health
state of people in the country, it has been suggested that
government
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funding should consider the avoidance of health issues and diseases as it is crucial to the cure and remedy.
However
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, in my opinion, I strongly agree that the prevention of health challenges and sicknesses should be taken into consideration in
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government's budget
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the government's budget
as
this
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will mitigate the occurrence of different ailments and diseases that befall people.
Firstly
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, there is
popular
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a popular
saying that says "Prevention is better than cure". So many ailments that affect individuals could have been avoided if proper care has been taken at an early stage.
For instance
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, care against cancer, AIDS, diabetes and some other terminal diseases could have been made through proper orientation, medical awareness and outreaches organised by the
government
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to educate people about healthy living, the
dos'
a measured portion of medicine taken at any one time
dose
and
donts'
do not
don't
to avoid
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avoid
these diseases and the actions to be taken should the symptoms of
such
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diseases occur. In the
absent
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absence
, of these medical outreaches, diseases that could have been avoided would be full blown and result in spending
alot
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a lot
of money to cure it completely. Another point to consider is that,
government
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funds that could have been used in procuring large medical equipment
such
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as X-ray machines,
Chemotheraphy
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Chemotherapy
Equipment amongst many others to treat terminal diseases should they occur could be diverted to some other sectors of the economy that would be beneficial to the people. In conclusion, I believe it is reasonable for
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government
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the government
governments
to plan alongside their budget the funds that will be needed to prevent health issues as
this
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helps to circumvent the occurrence of avoidable diseases and sicknesses.
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