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French Vocabulary

Public Health Systems, Epidemiology & Preventive Policy

Terminology for disease vectors, vaccination logistics, institutional care capacity, and safety protocols.

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Lesson Summary

Terminology for disease vectors, vaccination logistics, institutional care capacity, and safety protocols.

Vocabulary

Santé publique et épidémiologie

Basic vocabulary for the human body, symptoms, and medical treatment was introduced in human anatomy & exterior body topography and sickness, symptoms & medical pharmacies. This lesson provides the specialised lexicon of public health, epidemiology, and health policy. The agentless passive studied in advanced passive voice with agent omission is frequently used in epidemiological reports and official statements.

Épidémiologie

French	English
l'épidémie (f)	epidemic
la pandémie	pandemic
le taux d'incidence	incidence rate
le taux de mortalité	mortality rate
le taux de létalité	case fatality rate
le foyer de contagion	cluster / outbreak source
la transmission	transmission
le dépistage	screening / testing
le traçage des contacts	contact tracing
l'immunité collective (f)	herd immunity

Systèmes de santé et prévention

French	English
le système de santé	healthcare system
l'assurance maladie (f)	health insurance
la couverture santé universelle	universal health coverage
le personnel soignant	healthcare workers / nursing staff
la capacité hospitalière	hospital capacity
le vaccin	vaccine
la campagne de vaccination	vaccination campaign
la prévention	prevention
le confinement	lockdown / confinement
les gestes barrières (m)	barrier measures (mask, distancing…)

Examples

Une campagne de vaccination a été lancée pour atteindre l'immunité collective.
Agentless passive a été lancée emphasises the action rather than the agent. See advanced passive voice with agent omission.
Le taux d'incidence a baissé grâce au dépistage systématique.
The connector grâce à introduces a positive cause; taux d'incidence and dépistage are epidemiological terms.

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