Community & Public Health
What community & public health means
Prevention, immunisation and health promotion, with a Ghanaian context.
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Primary prevention of disease aims to
- stop disease before it occurs, for example through immunisation
- cure disease after diagnosis
- rehabilitate after illness
- only treat symptoms
Working: Primary prevention reduces risk; secondary detects early; tertiary limits complications.
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