Health issues - epidemics, health scares... Flashcards

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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
acute
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amorphe
listless
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gonflé
bloated
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se flétrir
to shrivel
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attraper la grippe
to go down with the flu
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être contaminé par un virus
to be infected with/ by a virus
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être porteur d'un virus
to carry a virus
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le système immunitaire
the immune system
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un porteur
a carrier
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un symptôme
a symptom
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tousser
to cough
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avoir de la température
to have a temperature
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avoir de la fièvre
to have/ run a fever
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une épidémie
an epidemic
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une pandémie
a pandemic
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éclater/ se déclarer
to break out
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l'ampleur/ l'étendue de l'épidémie
the scope/ the extent of the epidemic
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Toucher/ affecter un pays
to affect a country
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toucher 20% de la population
to afflict 20% of the population
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la zone la plus durement touchée
the hardest-hit area
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enrayer une épidémie
to check an epidemic
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éradiquer
to eradicate
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se propager
to spread
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la propagation d'un virus
the spread of a virus
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endémique
endemic
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Médecins sans frontières
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
The A/ H1N1 virus
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la grippe porcine
the swine flu/ pig flu/ H1N1 flu
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la grippe aviaire
the bird flu/ avian flu/ avian influenza H5N1
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souche de grippe
flu strain
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un cas de grippe aviaire
a case of avian flu
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un foyer de grippe aviaire
an outbreak of avian flu
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What is AIDS ?
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
to develop AIDS
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un malade du SIDA
an AIDS sufferer/ patient
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séropositif
HIV-positive
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faire passer un test de dépistage à qn
to screen sb for AIDS
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un centre de dépistage du SIDA
an HIV screening center
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un test de dépistage
a screening test
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avoir des rapports non protégés
to have unprotected sex
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un préservatif
a condom
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l'abstinence
abstinence
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la fidélité
faithfulness
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une aiguille
a needle
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anti-retroviraux
anti-retroviral drugs
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une trithérapie
a triple therapy | a combination therapy
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imprecis
fuzzy
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compenser
to trump
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un traitement medical
a medical treatment
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le personnel de santé
medical staff/ health workers
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secret médical
medical confidentiality
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une infection nosocomiale
a hospital-acquired infection
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Un staphylocoque résistant à la méthicilline
MRSA
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une bactérie multirésistante
a superbug
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prescrire
to prescribe
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une ordonnance
a prescription
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un médecin généraliste
a general practitioner (GP)
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un chirurgien
a surgeon
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se faire opérer
to have surgery/ an operation
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diagnostiquer
to diagnose
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un diagnostic
a diagnosis
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guérir un patient
to cure a patient
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un remède
a remedy/ a cure
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un médicament
a drug a medicine a medication
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un médicament générique
a generic drug
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un antalgique
a painkiller
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effet secondaire
side effect
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une piqûre
a shot/ an injection
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prendre des antibiotiques
to be on antibiotics
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un laboratoire pharmaceutique
a pharmaceutical laboratory
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des produits pharmaceutiques
pharmaceuticals
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un vaccin contre la grippe
a flu vaccine
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vacciner
to vaccinate
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une campagne de vaccination
a vaccination campaign
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mettre qn en quarantaine
to quarantine sb
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se rétablir/ guérir
to recover
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guérison/ rétablissement
a recovery
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rechuter
to relapse
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nocif
harmful
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taudis
slums
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avide
greedy
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une alerte à l'intoxication alimentaire | un péril sanitaire
a food scare | a health scare
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épizootie
an epizootic disease
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la fièvre aphteuse
food-and-mouth disease
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L'encéphalopathie bovine spongiforme EBS
bovine spongiform encephalopathy BSE
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la maladie de la vache folle
mad-cow disease
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une maladie à prions
a prion disease
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la dioxine
dioxin
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la traçabilité
traceability
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se désintégrer
to decay
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déclencher
to unleash
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la santé publique
public health
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les soins médicaux
health care
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les responsables de la santé publique
public health officials
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les autorités sanitaires
health authorities
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le système de santé
health care system
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les services de santé
health services
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les dépenses de santé
health expenses
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What is the NHS ?
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.