health crisis
collocation in Englishmeaningsofhealthandcrisis
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health
noun[U]
uk/helθ/us/helθ/
the condition of the body and the degree to which it is free from illness, or the state of ...
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crisis
noun
uk/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/us/ˈkraɪ.sɪs/
a time of great disagreement, confusion, ...
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(Definition ofhealthandcrisisfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
Examplesofhealth crisis
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The most common reason for referral was ahealthcrisis, covering 46 per cent of users and nine per cent of carers.
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In a suddenhealthcrisis, do problems arise chiefly because there is no local family help?
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Ahealthcrisismight lead to demands for changes in the way the government provides vaccines or approves drugs.
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Dance scenes too provided writers with opportunities to test out theories about the body in various psychological, physical, environmental locations, using their narrative imaginations to contribute to thehealthcrisis.
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The second point is much more fundamental and concerns the manufacture of medicinal products for developing countries that are undergoing a serioushealthcrisis.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Let us stop seeing it as ahealthcrisis.
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It must be understood that apiculture'shealthcrisisis as dangerous to human survival as the financial crisis is to the real economy.
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That is a measure of the economic consequence of such a large-scalehealthcrisis.
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Around 50 years of age a man very often passes through a crisis in his life—ahealthcrisis, a neurosis, or something of that kind.
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It fears that there will be a serioushealthcrisisdue to people drinking contaminated water.
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In some cases this has been described as verging on a publichealthcrisis.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
We are experiencing an actualhealthcrisisdue to a lack of foresight and in particular due to a purely accounts-based approach to health policy.
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However, the report as adopted today seeks to restore the confidence of our fellow citizens inhealthcrisismanagement.
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It has also been repeated that this is not a humanhealthcrisis.
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There may be cases where sanctions measures are needed rapidly against a third country, or an environmental orhealthcrisismay demand a swift response.
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It is the biggest publichealthcrisisfor over half a century.
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We have a mentalhealthcrisisintervention service and a social services immediate response unit.
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Lessons will have to be learnt, in communication terms, from the way in which thishealthcrisishas been managed.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
Thus, a publichealthcrisisis developing on a scale never before recorded.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
This is a publichealthcrisison a global scale.
FromEuroparl Parallel Corpus - English
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