David Satcher Prevent Quotations

Fifteen years into the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the United States, prevention remains the most effective way of addressing this disease, ... Business and labor have a crucial role to play in HIV/AIDS prevention, and I applaud these organizations for taking a leadership role.

We must critically analyze risk factors and causes of the problem, ... We must introduce and evaluate strategies of intervening for preventing suicide, and then we must implement the programs widely and continue to evaluate them.

The good news is that we can prevent many deaths from colorectal cancer through screening, ... If you've celebrated your 50th birthday and have never been screened for colorectal cancer, start now.