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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 du cancer

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to die of, to die from a cancer

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cancerigene

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carcinogenic

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une maladie grave

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a serious disease

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un virus

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a virus

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contracter un virus/ une maladie

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to contract a virus/ a disease

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des bactéries

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bacteria

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un microbe, un germe

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a germ

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contagieux, infectieux

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contagious, catching, infectious

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contaminer

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to contaminate

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muter

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to mutate

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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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le cancer du poumon/ du sein/ de la peau

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lung/ breast/ skin cancer

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la malaria, le paludisme

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malaria

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la peste

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plague

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le cholera

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cholera

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la variole

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smallpox

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une maladie sexuellement transmissible

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a sexually transmitted disease

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une maladie venerienne

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a venereal disease

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la maladie d’alzheimer/ de Parkinson

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Alzeihemer’s /Parkinson’s disease

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une maladie neurodegenerative

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a neurodegenerative disease

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syndrome respiratoire aigu severe (SRAS)

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severe acute respiratory syndrome (SARS)

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attraper la grippe

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to go down with the flu

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être contaminé par un virus

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to be contaminated with a virus

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être porteur d’un virus

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to carry a virus

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le système immunitaire

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the immune system

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un porteur

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a carrier

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un symptome

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a symptom

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tousser

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to cough

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avoir de la temperature

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to have a temperature

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avoir de la fièvre

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to have a fever, to run a fever

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une epidemie

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an epidemic

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une pandemie

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a pandemic

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éclater, se déclarer

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to break out

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l’ampleur, l’étendue de l’épidémie

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the scope, the extent of the epidemic

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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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enrayer une épidémie

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to check an epidemic

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se propager

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to spread

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la propagation d’un virus

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the spread of a virus

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endémique

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endemic

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la grippe

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flu, influenza

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le virus de la grippe A

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the A/H1N1 virus

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la grippe porcine

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swine flu, pig flu, H1N1 flu

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la grippe aviaire

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bird flu, avian flu

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souche de la grippe

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flu strain

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un cas de grippe aviaire

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a case of avian flu

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un foyer de grippe aviaire

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an outbreak of avian flu

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le SIDA

A

AIDS

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contracter le sider

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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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faire passer un test de dépistage du SIDA à qqn

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to screen sb for AIDS

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un centre de dépistage du SIDA

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an HIV screening center

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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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avoir des rapports non protégés

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to have unprotected sex

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un préservatif

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a condom

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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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une aiguille

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a needle

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les anti-rétroviraux

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anti-retroviral drugs

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la trithérapie

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triple therapy, combination therapy

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un traitement médical

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medical treatment

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les personnels de santé

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medical staff, health workers

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secret médical

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medical confidentiality

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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 presciption

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un médecin généraliste

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a general practitionner, a GP

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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, have an operation

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diagnostiquer

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to diagnose

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un diagnostic

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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 médicament générique

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a generic drug

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un antalgique, analgésique

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a painkiller

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un effet secondaire

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a side effect

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une piqure

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an injection, a shot

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prendre des antibiotiques, être sous antibiotiques

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to be on antibiotics

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un laboratoire pharmaceutique

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a pharmaceutical laboratory

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des produits pharmaceutiques

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pharmaceuticals

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un vaccin

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a vaccine

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un vaccin contre la grippe

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a flu vaccine

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vacciner

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to vaccinate

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une campagne de vaccination

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a vaccination campaign

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mettre qqn en quarantaine

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to quarantine sb

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se rétablir, guérir

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to recover

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guériso, rétablissement

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recovery

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rechuter

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to relapse

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une alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

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a food scare

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un péril sanitaire, une alerte aux risques

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a health scare

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la tracabilité

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traceability

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la santé publique

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public health

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les soins médicaux ou les services de santé

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health care

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les responsables de la santé public

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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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équivalent de la sécurité sociale

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The National Health Service (NHS)

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