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Prevention is the role of governments, not health systems

BMJ 2019; 364 doi: https://doi.org/10.1136/bmj.l228 (Published 18 January 2019) Cite this as: BMJ 2019;364:l228

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Re: Prevention is the role of governments, not health systems

Prevention like safety is everybody's business. All sectors working in unison, rather than in silos, would be far more productive.
For example, infection control, is not the purview of hospitals only.

Competing interests: No competing interests

18 January 2019
Errol S Prasad
Medical Virologist / Immunologist
Dynacare Medical Laboratories
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada