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Definition of Prevention
Source: United Nations (U.N.) Population Division, Demographic Indicators, 1950-2050 (The 1996 Revision) (U.N., New York, 1996).
Historical Examples of Global Prevention Activities
Vaccinationavailable
Streptomycinintroduced
Koch identifiedtuberclebacillus
Death rate for Tuberculosis, 1860-1960, United States, Source: US Bureau of the Census, Historical Statistics of the United States; Colonial Times to 1970 (Washington, D.C: Government Printing Office, 1975), Part 1 pp58,63. Note: Data between 1860 and 1900 for Massachusetts only.
Source: Thomas McKeown, The Modern Rise of Population (Academic Press, San Francisco, 1976), pp. 93, 96.
Introduction
Community• US$4.18 cost per illness-cases incur 83% of cost (=10 days income; 1/3rd for drugs,
>1/3rd due to lost income). • Govt pays 17% of cost per illness and creates treatment system and case-management
standards
Source: US Bureau of the Census
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per 1000 live births with AIDS
Botswana Kenya Malawi Tanzania Zambia Zimbabwe
without AIDS
Teacher in Alexandria
Teacher in Tanzania
Teacher in Cairo
Teacher in Paris
Teacher in Pittsburgh
Teacher in Moscow
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