It is often argued that governments should allocate funds to public health campaigns, whereas others assume that investing in medical treatment is better option. Although both sides have good reasons to support their own perspectives, I strongly believe that spending money on medical treatment can benefit society in the long run.
On the one hand, public health campaigns play an important role in promoting people to lead healthy lifestyles. In other words, such campaigns encourage individuals to reduce the risk of getting sick by developing healthy habits such as going for a walk after the dinner, going to the gym twice a week and generally being more physically active throughout the day. Another a positive trend that campaigns facilitate is promoting healthy eating and the authorities can support this through measures such as introducing taxes on processed food. This means that by reducing the costs of vegetables and beneficial nutrition, while increase the prices for fast food that have clear negative effects on individuals’ overall well-being, people are more likely to consume vegetables and fruits, which are rich in essential vitamins.
On the other hand, investment in campaigns is not seem to be effective owing to particular cases when people are already ill. There are a number of incurable diseases such as cancer. Even though, engaing in different regular activities and healthy eating can slightly improve overall state of a person, doing these things alone are not enough to help person get rid of cancer completely. Therefore, if governments allocate sufficient funding into medicine in order to help people (who are suffering from dangerous illnesses, which require more than being physically active) not lose the hope of living longer.
In conclusion, although health campaigns are effective in raising public awareness and preventing illnesses from occurring, I personally convinced that spending money on medical treatment is more essential because it provides life-saving treatment for people who are already ill.