Governments around the world spend too much money on treating illnesses and diseases and not enough on health education and prevention. Do you agree or disagree with this statement?

It is a commonly held belief that the

health

of the people reflects how

government

manages its country.

This

poses a question; What is the most effective way for the

government

to ensure its constituents'

health

? In many countries around the world,

government

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the government

allocates a huge portion of their annual budget on vaccinations and public hospital services and medication. Critics,

on the other hand

, believe that the

government

should not solely focus on treating illnesses but rather, they should educate the citizens on its causes and prevention methods. Governments, in most countries, are encouraged to create free

health

services for the public who can't afford the high prices from private hospitals.

Although

this

would provide a more accessible facilities and lower priced medications to the citizens,

this

is not a long-term solution to the problem as

their

in or at that place

there

is a great possibility that the people, without sufficient knowledge on what the

disease

is, might contract the same again.

In addition

, public

health

services

has

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have

only a limited capacity and resources and

thus

, when an outbreak occurs, offered services might be inadequate. As they say, knowledge is power. If people know what causes the

disease

,

their

in or at that place

there

is

greater chance

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a greater chance

for them to avoid it and

thus

, place less reliance on public

health

services. And what is more, educating people cost less in comparison to hospital infrastructure and professional fees. Overall,

although

it is easy to see that vaccinations and public hospital services is necessary to save lives, evidences point out that people will rely on

government

services and in consequence, the

disease

will possibly recur. To put it simply, the best way to lessen

and possibly

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and, possibly

and possible

, avoid the

disease

in

long-term

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the long-term

is to educate people. Indeed, the best cure is prevention.