Preventive
medicine:
It is a medical
specialty concerned with promoting the health of the individual and society by
preventing infectious and chronic diseases, common health problems, and limiting the spread of epidemics to achieve a healthy and safe
environment.
The main tasks
of preventive medicine:
-
Prevention
of epidemics and their spread,
predicting them, and taking quick measures to prevent their effect on our
health
- Maintain
good level of public health for the
community and ensuring the safety of the environment.
- Enhancing
human health through the implementation of programs to prevent and early detect
common diseases.
- Maintaining
the health and safety of workers through the occupational health program.