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?

I very much agree that world governments are not putting the

health

budget to good use as they are in fact spending more money on research centres and hospitals rather than on avoiding diseases and safety education.

Although

allocating money to help cure diseases and treat sickness seems to be rewarding, a smarter approach is to help stop these issues from coming up in the

first

place. In fact, many of government's subsidies for hospitals and

health

centres can be reduced enormously if the public's behaviour changed and they protected themselves from catching or developing many of these illnesses.

However

, in order to actively take prevention steps, people need to be educated on the different diseases and their great dangers, as well as what can they do to stop them before they occur. For that reason, I believe a lot of value will come up from spending money in schools and universities to make

health

on top of the learning priorities.

Moreover

, countries can take more active measures than just education to help citizens remain in good physical conditions. One example is making use of the different social media and other marketing venues to promote safety among people.

In addition

, countries can state regulations that would reduce the causes of

health

issues.

However

, to achieve

this

, governments must start by researching the common

health

problems and identifying their root causes,

then

defining the rules and fines to stop them (one example would be directing more penalties to reckless drivers that contribute in accidents). To sum up, I believe governments' must allocate more financial resources to illness prevention

instead

of treatments.

This

can be done through awareness campaigns to the public, education techniques for students and defining regulations to control the causes of

health

problems. By tackling the problems from their roots, there will be less

health

centres and hospital expenditures.