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Prevention versus Treatment

Objective: explore the management of disease

Outcomes:

Concept: Possibilities

Starter: what is the message in this cartoon?

Task:

For this you will need to work with a debate partner:

Decide on a medical issue you would both like to debate - HIV/AIDS, Malaria, Ebola, Superbugs, Zika or COVID-19
Depending on your allocated side, prepare an argument in support of either prevention or treatment of your chosen disease. Support your argument with figures and make sure you mention specific examples (i.e. countries)

You should keep this information to yourself until AFTERthe debate, then share your information with each other.

In the links below, you will find a starting point for opinions on prevention versus treatment. Try to back these up with cross referencing and facts.

Prevention vs. Treatment: A False ChoiceThe long-running debate over the relative importance of prevention or treatment is the theme that at least a dozen global health bloggers ar...

Prevention vs. Treatment and the Perverse Incentives Inflating the Costs of HealthcareWhile rewarding doctors for each step they take to make a patient better may seem fair, it has disastrous consequences for the structure of our health sy...

Prevention is better than a cureDr Alisha Davies argues the NHS cannot afford not to focus on prevention given the current challenges in health care.

The links below are a starting point for each disease. You should consider social marginalization issues, government priorities, means of infection and scientific intervention.

HIV / AIDS

HIV Prevention or Treatment: The New DebateIn the continuing battle against the AIDS pandemic, providers should not have to choose between prevention and treatment.

Ebola

Malaria

Prevention vs. TreatmentChristine Gorman at the Global Health Report blog asked several bloggers who write about global health to take on the subject of treatment vs. prevention. I write about health as a layperson from p…

Superbugs

What Are CRE "Superbug" Infections?CRE are dangerous germs that are hard to treat. WebMD explains these antibiotic-resistant superbugs, which can become deadly when they move out of your gut.

Malaria

Zika Virus: Symptoms, Risk, Treatment & Prevention

COVID-19

COVID-19 (novel coronavirus) – health advice for the general publicThe latest health advice for the general public on COVID-19 (novel coronavirus).

PLENARY: prevention or treatment? You decide!

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