Explain One Primary Challenge Of Public Health Priority Setting

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One primary challenge for Public health priority setting is that resources are limited, making it impossible to provide everyone with every effective intervention they might need or want.1 Funding and its allocations is another challenge for public health priority setting.2 In spite of that, there is never enough funding to address all the public health issues and conduct research in the community.2 Continued reductions or unavailability in funding for public health priorities and community based health services, increased focus on policy and systems change and greater accountability for public health standards are some of the factors creating new challenges for setting priorities.34 It has been always a challenge to select a group/community

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