Early, wide chemoprophylaxis may have averted an outbreak of anthrax in this population.
Provision of safe drinking water and sanitation has not only saved lives but also averted an outbreak of disease.
Of note, London averted an outbreak during this pandemic largely through the presence of its new sewer system that had been completed in 1875 by Joseph Bazalgette.
New York similarly averted an outbreak in 1892 by implementing quarantine in the New York harbor and using the first laboratory-based public health intervention.
Tarn Adams was in the carpeted spare bedroom that serves as his work space, trying to avert an apocalyptic outbreak of vampire dwarves.
In conclusion, a rapid and coordinated public health response helped avert an anthrax outbreak by identifying and administering prophylaxis to persons at high risk for disease.
The World Health Organization (WHO) provided medicines and vaccines to the IDPs to avert a polio outbreak.
Throughout the day Monday, Egypt had prodded Israel and the Palestinians to take steps to avert a new outbreak of fighting.
By Catherine N. Makumbi UNICEF-supported innovations are proving critical to efforts to avert a typhoid outbreak in Uganda, even as Government and its partners establish emergency safe water points in the capital, Kampala.
Enough medical aid has arrived to avert a much-feared outbreak of deadly diseases.
