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une maladie = = =

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a disease, an illness, a sickness

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souffrir d’une maladie

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to suffer from a disease

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mourir d’une maladie = =

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to die of, to die from a disease

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une maladie grave

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a serious disease

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être dans un état critique

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to be critically ill

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un microbe, un germe

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a germ

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des bactéries

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bacteria

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attraper la grippe

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to go down with the flu

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un danger pour la santé

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a health hazard

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un fléau = = =

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a curse, a plague, a scourge

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What is the WHO ? = = =
Its successes ?

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  • The World Health Organization
  • Specialized agency of the United Nations that coordinates international efforts to control outbreaks of infectious disease (SARS, malaria, Tuberculosis…)
  • Carries out various health-related campaigns (ex : boost the consumption of fruits and vegetables / discourage tabacco use)
  • Smallpox (variole) eradicated in 1980 = the first disease in history to be eliminated by human effort.
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cancer du poumon, sein, peau

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lung, breast, skin cancer

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic

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diabète

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diabetes

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hépatite

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hepatitis

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malaria, paludisme

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malaria

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maladie sexuellement transmissible (MST), maladie vénérienne

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a sexually transmitted disease (STD), a venereal disease (VD)

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avoir une maladie cardiaque

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to have a heart condition

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maladie d’Alzheimer, de Parkinson

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Alzeihemer’s / Parkinson’s disease

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une maladie neurodégénérative

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a neurodegenerative disease

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Disease of poor nutrition ? = = =

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  • enough calories but too few micronutrients
  • Over half of women in India and two-fifth of those in Indonesia ara anaemic -dificient in iron
    -Lack of vitamin A causes membranes around organs to shrivel, leaving them vulnerable : like eyes = half a million children become blind each year.
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un symptôme

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a symptom

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affecter, toucher un pays

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to affect a country

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toucher 20% de la population

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to afflict 20% of the population

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la zone la plus durement touchée

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the hardest-hit area

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éradiquer

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to eradicate

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What is “Médecin sans Frontières” ?

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  • Founded in 1971 by a band of young French doctors disillusioned with the neutrality of the Red Cross in Biafra.
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SIDA, syndrome d’immunodéficience acquise

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AIDS = acquired immune deficiency syndrome

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contracter le SIDA

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to develop AIDS

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un malade du SIDA = =

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an AIDS sufferer, an AIDS patient

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séropositif

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HIV-positive

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un test de dépistage

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a screening test

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le sperme = =

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sperm, semen

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34
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avoir des rapports sexuels non-protégés

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to have unprotected sex

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35
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un préservatif

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a condom

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36
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l’abstinence

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abstinence

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la fidélité

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faithfulness

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38
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une aiguille

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a needle

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la trithérapie = =

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triple therapy, combination thereapy

40
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un traitement médical

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medical treatment

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secret médical

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medical confidentialy

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une infection nosocomiale

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a hospital-acquired infection

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une bactérie multi-résistante

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a superbug

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prescrire

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to prescribe

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une ordonnance

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a prescription

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un médecin généraliste

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a general practitioner

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un chirurgien

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a surgeon

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se faire opérer = = =

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to have surgery, go through surgery, to have an operation

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diagnostiquer

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to diagnose

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un diagnostic

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a diagnosis

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guérir un patient

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to cure a patient

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un remède = =

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a remedy, a cure

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un médicament = = =

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a drug, a medicine, a medication

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un antalgique, analgésique

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a painkiller

55
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un effet secondaire

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a side effect

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une piqûre = =

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an injection, a shot

57
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prendre des antibiotiques

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to be on antibiotics

58
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un laboratoire pharmaceutique

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a pharmaceutical laboratory

59
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des produits pharmaceutiques

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pharmaceuticals

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un vaccin

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a vaccinee

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se rétablir, guérir

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to recover

62
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guérison, rétablissement

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recovery

63
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rechuter

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to relapse

64
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une alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

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a food scare

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un péril/une alerte sanitaire

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a health scare

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nocif

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harmful

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taudis

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slums

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avide

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greedy

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épizootie

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an epizootic disease

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la fièvre aphteuse

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food-and-mouth disease

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l’encéphalopathie bovine spongiforme

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bovine spongiform encephalopathy

72
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la maladie de la vache folle

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mad-cow disease

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une maladie à prions

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a prion disease

74
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la dioxine

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dioxin

75
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le scandale du poulet à la dioxine

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the dioxin chicken scandal

76
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la traçabilité

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traceability

77
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nutriments

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nutrients

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les soins médicaux / les services de santé

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health care

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la santé publique

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public health

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les responsables de la santé publique

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public health officials

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les autorités sanitaires

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the health authorities

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le système de santé = =

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the health care system, the health system

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les services de santé

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health services

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les dépenses de santé

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health expenses

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Sécurité sociale au Royaume Uni = = =

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  • National Health Service (NHS)
  • Funded largely through taxes including a proportion from National Insurance payments (les cotisations)
  • Headed by the Secretary of State for Health
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Il vaut mieux prévenir que guérir

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Prevention is better than cure

87
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Se porter comme un charme

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To be as fit as a fiddle

88
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ne pas être dans son assiette = =

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to be under the weather, to be off-colour

89
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avoir un chat dans la gorge

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to have a frog in your throat

90
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être bien vivant

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to be alive and kicking

91
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être à l’article de la mort

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to be at death’s door

92
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casser sa pipe, passer l’arme à gauche = =

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to kick the bucket, to pop your clogs

93
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L’avenir appartient à ceux qui se lèvent tôt

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Early to bed, early to rise make a man healthy, wealth and wise.

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