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Prevention may refer to:
Health and medicine
Preventive healthcare , measures to prevent diseases or injuries rather than curing them or treating their symptoms
General safety
Crime prevention , the attempt to reduce deter crime and criminals
Disaster prevention , measures taken to prevent and provide protection for disasters
Pollution prevention in the US , activities that reduce the amount of pollution generated by a process
Preventive maintenance , maintenance performed to prevent faults from occurring or developing into major defects
Prevent strategy , a scheme in the UK to report radicalisation
Risk prevention, reducing the potential of loss from a given action, activity and/or inaction
Risk management , the identification, assessment, and prioritization of risks in business
Other uses
See also
Topics referred to by the same term