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Preventive care — Preventive care, or preventive medicine is a set of measures taken in advance of symptoms to prevent illness or injury. This type of care is best exemplified by routine physical examinations and immunizations. The emphasis is on preventing… … Wikipedia
preventive measure — I noun adequate plans, adequate procedures, adequate steps, buffer, defense, forearming, immunization, inoculation, precaution, preservation, protection, safeguard, screen, security, shield associated concepts: preventive justice II index panoply … Law dictionary
Immunization Alliance — The Immunization Alliance is an American vaccine advocacy consortium, assembled under auspices of the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) in May 2008. The Immunization Alliance has called for a governmental information campaign, ongoing research … Wikipedia
preventive medicine — 1. the branch of medical science that deals with prevention of disease. 2. a medication or other agent used for prophylaxis. [1760 70] * * * Efforts toward disease prevention in the community and the individual. It covers patient interviews and… … Universalium
Preventive medicine — Medicine designed to avert and avoid disease. Screening for hypertension and treating it before it causes disease is good preventive medicine. Preventive medicine is a proactive approach. * * * preventive medicine n a branch of medical science… … Medical dictionary
preventive medicine — the branch of medicine whose main aim is the prevention of disease. This is a wide field, in which workers tackle problems ranging from the immunization of persons against infectious diseases, such as diphtheria or whooping cough, to finding… … The new mediacal dictionary
Vaccination préventive — Vaccination L inoculation par Louis Léopold Boilly (1807). La vaccination est un procédé consistant à introduire un agent extérieur (le vaccin) dans un organisme vivant afin de créer une réaction immunitaire positive contre une maladie… … Wikipédia en Français
Expanded program on immunization — History The Expanded Program on Immunization (EPI) was initiated in 1974 by the World Health Organization (WHO) with the goal to make vaccines available to all children throughout the world. Ten years later, in 1984, the WHO established a… … Wikipedia
Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices — The Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices (ACIP) provides advice and guidance on effective control of vaccine preventable diseases in the U.S. civilian population. The ACIP develops written recommendations for routine administration of… … Wikipedia
human disease — Introduction an impairment of the normal state of a human being that interrupts or modifies its vital functions. health versus disease Before human disease can be discussed, the meanings of the terms health, physical fitness, illness … Universalium
