Precision and Personalized Medicine

Disease Prevention

Disease prevention encompasses a range of interventions aimed at reducing the incidence, prevalence, and impact of diseases within populations. It includes primary prevention strategies to prevent disease occurrence, secondary prevention efforts to detect and treat diseases early, and tertiary prevention initiatives to minimize complications and disabilities. Disease prevention strategies may target modifiable risk factors such as unhealthy behaviours, environmental exposures, and genetic predispositions. By promoting health education, vaccination programs, screening tests, and public health interventions, disease prevention aims to improve population health outcomes, reduce healthcare costs, and enhance quality of life. It represents a proactive approach to healthcare that emphasizes health promotion, early detection, and intervention to prevent the onset or progression of diseases.