Economics of Prevention
Why It Matters:
Prevention is not only beneficial for health outcomes but also for economic sustainability. Investing in preventive healthcare—such as vaccines, early screenings, and health education—reduces long-term healthcare costs and enhances workforce productivity. Policymakers and healthcare leaders must prioritize cost-effective preventive measures to build resilient health systems.
Our Focus:
This Learning Zone examines:
- The cost-benefit analysis of preventive healthcare strategies.
- Economic incentives for promoting public health interventions.
- The financial burden of preventable diseases on healthcare systems.
- Policy recommendations to integrate prevention into national healthcare strategies.
Resource Kits
The Learning Zone includes curated Resource Kits—collections of expert materials focused on key topics within the theme. These kits provide practical tools, insights, and evidence to support your work in advancing health prevention across the life course.
Preventive health isn’t just good medicine—it’s smart economics. This Resource Kit explores how investing in health promotion, early intervention, and disease prevention leads to significant cost savings, improved population health, and long-term economic resilience. You’ll find evidence from cost-benefit analyses showing how preventive programs like vaccinations and smoking cessation save healthcare systems billions by avoiding costly treatments and reducing disease burden. The kit dives into funding strategies—from public-private partnerships to insurance models—and highlights how smart resource allocation can maximize impact and efficiency.
Bringing a global lens, the kit compares prevention economics across countries and explores implementation challenges in developing economies. Designed for policymakers, health economists, and public health leaders, this kit provides the tools to prioritize prevention as a high-impact investment in a healthier future.
