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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’un cancer

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to die from cancer

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cancérigène

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carcinogenic

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un maladie grave

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a serious desease

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contracter un virus

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to contract a virus

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des bactéries

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bacteria

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un microbe

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germ

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contagieux/ infectieux

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contagious/ 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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u 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 ?

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A specialized agency of The UN coordinating international efforts to control outbreaks of infectious disease

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un cancer du poumon/ du sein/ de la peau

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lung/ breast/ skin cancer

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la malaria

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malaria

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la peste

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plague

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le choléra

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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 (TD)

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une maladie vénérienne

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a venereal disease (VD)

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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 neurodégénrative

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a neurodegenerative disease

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Syndrome respiratoire aigu sévère

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Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome (SARS)

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aigue

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acute

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amorphe

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listless

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gonflé

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bloated

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se flétrir

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to shrivel

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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 infected with/ by 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 symptôme

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a symptom

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tousser

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to cough

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avoir de la température

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to have a temperature

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avoir de la fièvre

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to have/ run a fever

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une épidémie

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an epidemic

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une pandémie

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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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Toucher/ affecter 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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enrayer une épidémie

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to check an epidemic

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éradiquer

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to eradicate

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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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Médecins sans frontières

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Doctors Without Borders sends medical personnel to some of the most destitute and dangerous parts of the world.
They were awarded a Nobel Peace Price in 1999
It was founded in 1971 by French Doctors in Paris

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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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the swine flu/ pig flu/ H1N1 flu

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la grippe aviaire

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the bird flu/ avian flu/ avian influenza H5N1

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souche de 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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What is AIDS ?

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Acquired immune deficiency syndrome is a disease of the human immune system caused by the Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV) transmitted through direct contact of a mucous membrane or the bloodstream with a bodily fluid containing HIV such as blood, semen, vaginal fluid and breast milk.
2009: 33.3 million people contaminated

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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/ patient

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séropositif

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HIV-positive

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faire passer un test de dépistage à qn

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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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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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anti-retroviraux

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anti-retroviral drugs

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une trithérapie

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a triple therapy

a combination therapy

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imprecis

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fuzzy

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compenser

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to trump

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un traitement medical

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a medical treatment

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le personnel 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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Un staphylocoque résistant à la méthicilline

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MRSA

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une bactérie multirésistante

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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 (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/ 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 médicament générique

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a generic drug

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un antalgique

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a painkiller

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effet secondaire

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side effect

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une piqûre

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a shot/ an injection

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prendre des 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 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 qn 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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guérison/ rétablissement

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a recovery

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rechuter

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to relapse

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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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une alerte à l’intoxication alimentaire

un péril sanitaire

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a food scare

a health scare

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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 EBS

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bovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE

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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

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la dioxine

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dioxin

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la traçabilité

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traceability

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se désintégrer

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to decay

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déclencher

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to unleash

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la santé publique

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public health

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les soins médicaux

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health care

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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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health authorities

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le système de santé

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health care 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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What is the NHS ?

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Th National Health Service in England is a publicly-funded healthcare system founded in 1948. The Department of Health headed by the Secretary of State for Health is responsible for the NHS.

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