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This practice is considered the most effective public health measure against infectious diseases.
What is vaccination?
This type of prevention aims to stop diseases before they start, like immunizations.
What is primary prevention?
This simple hygiene practice, promoted heavily during COVID‑19, reduces transmission of many illnesses.
What is hand-washing?
This term describes avoiding contact with others to prevent disease spread.
What is quarantine?
When enough people are immune to a disease, the community gains this type of protection.
What is Herd Immunity?
This term describes the complete elimination of a disease worldwide.
What is eradication?
This term refers to the constant presence of a disease within a geographic area.
What is endemic?
This vaccine protects against a virus that can cause cervical cancer.
What is the HPV vaccine?
This term describes the process of identifying and managing contacts of an infected person.
What is contact tracing?