“Prevention is better than cure”. Out of country’s health budget, a proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and prevention measures. To what do you extent do you agree or disagree?

There is no denying in the saying that precautionary measures taken beforehand are better than cure. It is suggested by a few people that the expenditure of the government on healthcare should be divided between

treatment

and providing

health

education

and preventive measures. I agree with the given notion, as it will be fruitful for people in various aspects.

Firstly

, a large amount of

money

is expended by the higher authorities by constructing infrastructure on treating people who have diseases that can be prevented easily.

For example

, mouth cancer is mainly caused by chewing tobacco, but if people refrain from doing so, they will not get

this

disease.

This

can be done when the government allocates a certain amount of funds to

educating

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educate

people regarding the potential drawbacks of tobacco.

As a result

, much amount of

money

can be saved that

otherwise

has to be spent on their

treatment

.

This

is because creating awareness among people is relatively easier than

treatment

that can be done through seminars, imparting

education

in schools, and advertisements.

Secondly

, providing

health

education

and giving knowledge about pre-emptive measures brings results that are beneficial in

the longer

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the long

run. To illustrate, when children are taught about the importance of

health

in schools, they are less likely to indulge in activities,

such

as consuming alcohol and chewing tobacco, that are deleterious for their

health

. Not only

this

will give children a healthy

childhood but

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childhood, but

also

children will adopt a salubrious lifestyle for the rest of their lives. When

this

approach is compared to giving

treatment

to disease-stricken people, it turns out to be more advantageous, as it abstains people from adopting an unhealthy lifestyle in the

first

place. To conclude, a share of

money

from a

health

budget dedicated to providing

health

education

and popularizing the trend of exercising caution is a feasible approach in preventing diseases.

This

approach provides long term benefits. The government,

therefore

, should divert

money

towards

health

education

and prevention measures.