Communicable Disease Control and Preparedness
There are many aspects to communicable disease prevention and control, all with the aim of preventing the spread of communicable diseases in the population.
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The work usually involves different types of preventive activities with the aim of:
- reducing the risk of an individual coming into contact with an infectious agent
- preventing individuals who have been exposed to infection from becoming ill
- preventing an infected individual from passing on the infection to others.
These pages contain a short presentation of the work conducted by the Public Health Agency of Sweden within the different fields of communicable disease control.