Recently, a study published in JAMA determined that among high-cost Medicare patients, only a small percentage of costs from hospitalisation and emergency department visits were related to health deteriorations that may have been prevented through high-quality primary care.
Many of these tragedies could have been prevented through vaccination.
Both The Lancet series on Newborn [ 8] and on Maternal [ 9] Health suggest that 15 to 32% of neonatal deaths can be prevented through achieving high coverage of a few key practices: clean home delivery, hygienic cord care, thermal care, early and exclusive breastfeeding, community-based care for low birth weight and care seeking for illness in low income countries.
Previous research has demonstrated that the development of T2D can be prevented through healthy changes in behaviour, even among those at high risk [ 2].
Skin cancer can often be prevented through modifiable behaviors [ 4] and, when detected early, survival for melanoma and non-melanoma is as high as 90% [ 5].
Indeed in simulations, if intermixing was prevented through delocalizing benefits (Momeni et al., 2013; Allen et al., 2013), or if intermixing was imposed on all cells through high initial cell densities, self-organization and cooperator advantage over cheaters diminished.
Fatal outcomes could be prevented through various existing interventions, but poor care-seeking practices in combination with weak health systems sustain this unacceptably high death toll [ 2- 4].
Hepatitis B can be prevented through vaccination.
Electrical cross-talk was prevented through guard rings and trenches.
Overheating of the solid catalyst particles must be prevented through effective particle liquid heat transfer.
The formation of a two-layer scale could be prevented through surface grinding prior to oxidation.
