Dr. RAYMOND LENHARD: Well, I agree completely that we should be focusing on prevention at this time.

CNN: Debaters Agree Cancer War Should Stress Prevention

The real challenge is not in trying to make social care more efficient, focusing on prevention rather than expensive institutional support.

BBC: North/South spending divide in social care

By focusing on violence prevention, the development of emotional intelligence, and face-to-face human experiences, we can begin to create a real solution focused on the shooter instead of fixating on the smoking gun.

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Informed by this basic understanding, the 2010 and 2011 Strategies established and promoted a balance of evidence-based public health and safety initiatives focusing on key areas such as substance abuse prevention, treatment, and recovery.

WHITEHOUSE: 2012 National Drug Control Strategy

There is growing evidence that focusing holistically on wellness can reduce health-care costs by emphasising prevention over treatment.

ECONOMIST: Health consumerism

We are changing some of our directions and we're focusing a lot of our attention on research in epidemiology, in the prevention areas, as well as, certainly, a heavy emphasis on basic research, which is really where all the cures are going to come from.

CNN: Debaters Agree Cancer War Should Stress Prevention

Safend is one company that was early in focusing on port control and has since branched out into other areas of so-called Data Leak Prevention (DLP).

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