Definition of Prevention

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Prevention

The act of going, or state of being, before.

Anticipation; esp., anticipation of needs or wishes; hence, precaution; forethought.

The act of preventing or hindering; obstruction of action, access, or approach; thwarting.

Prejudice; prepossession.

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Prevention Quotations

The Dell Theory of Conflict Prevention argues that no two countries that are both part of the same global supply chain will ever fight a war as long as they are each part of that supply chain.
Thomas Friedman

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.
John Ruskin

Medical science has proven time and again that when the resources are provided, great progress in the treatment, cure, and prevention of disease can occur.
Michael J. Fox

All desirable things... are desirable either for the pleasure inherent in themselves, or as a means to the promotion of pleasure and the prevention of pain.
John Stuart Mill

Prevention of birth is a precipitation of murder.
Tertullian

Prevention is better than cure.
Desiderius Erasmus

Liberty is the prevention of control by others.
John Acton

From the mid-1970s, I also started work on the causation and prevention of famines.
Amartya Sen

Prevention is one of the few known ways to reduce demand for health and aged care services.
Julie Bishop

Since the reduction of risk factors is the scientific basis for primary prevention, the World Health Organization promotes the development of an integrated strategy for prevention of several diseases, rather than focusing on individual ones.
Gro Harlem Brundtland

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