Layers of sanitation, nutrition, treatments, and vaccines work together to reduce sickness and death from infectious diseases.
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Public health: A layer cake
Science & Society: December 2025
Public health: A layer cake
Social, economic, & environmental factors, vaccines, treatment, nutrition, and sanitation.
Together, these layers lead to healthier lives & more birthdays.
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