IELTS TASK 2: (5): Prevention is better than cure. Thank you so much for helping me with corrections Question: “Prevention is better than cure”. Out of a country’s health budget, a large proportion should be diverted from treatment to spending on health education and preventative measures. To what extent do you agree or disagree with this statement? Answer: There is an argument that governments have to allocate more money on education health to prevent disease in contrast to that of on treatment. This is a complicated issue; however, I do agree with the point of view to some extent. The advancements in science and technology allow scientists to diagnose a disease arising to become spread in a society and to eradicate the disease immediately. The facilities and equipment achieved by specialized individuals and research done as well as improvement and development in health education indicate that spending much money on health education could play a key role in preventing and treating diseases effectively. Prevention of diseases not only causes less number of suffering people, but also it contributes to less health costs for individuals as well as governments. Although spending money on health is a convenient way of making less loss of money and lives, it may not be the best method to decrease the allocated budget to treatment in order to the increase of that to health education. Despite the considerable progress and advances in science and technology, there are several diseases such as HIV and Cancers remaining without a certain treatment and with high cure costs. Additionally, emerging new diseases and being curable are unpredictable while required to be supported by both governments’ budget on treatment and on health education. To conclude, while there is a necessity government to spend money on health education as much as possible, the costs which have to go to treatment of diseases are as much important as the health education. Managing the cost on both sides so that the best result would gain is not well-defined.