preventable illness
collocation in Englishmeaningsofpreventableandillness
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preventable
adjective
uk/prɪˈven.tə.bəl/us/prɪˈven.t̬ə.bəl/
able to ...
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illness
noun
uk/ˈɪl.nəs/us/ˈɪl.nəs/
a disease of the body ...
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(Definition ofpreventableandillnessfrom theCambridge English Dictionary© Cambridge University Press)
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I would sooner see that money spent on the elderly and the other things that the area needs, rather than on treating apreventableillness.
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As has often been pointed out, vastly greater loss of production occurs every year throughpreventableillnessthan through strikes.
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I came to think of road accidents as a grave social evil comparable to slums andpreventableillnessand disease.
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We are losing a great deal in terms of economic effort because of the colossal rate ofpreventableillnessand accident in industry.
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Some 10 million children die each year from malnourishment andpreventableillness.
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There can be no doubt that the connection is especially marked in respect ofpreventableillness, including mental illness, some cancers and heart disease.
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They never mention that about 10 times as many days are lost as a result of preventable accidents andpreventableillnessas the total number of days lost through strikes.
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Perhaps even more than the question of death—for we expect everybody else to die except ourselves—is the problem ofpreventableillness, such as emphysema and chronic bronchitis.
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This program targeted ten leading causes ofpreventableillnessand death for concerted public and personal action.
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Reducing meat consumption by 15% (the equivalent of one day a week) lessens the risk of chronicpreventableillnessand has a strong positive impact on the environment.
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Another way to protect children's health is through immunization against preventable illnesses.
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A terrible price is being paid by children throughout the world in infant mortality and death in childhood because of wholly preventable illnesses.
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We are talking about largely preventable illnesses and deaths.
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The result is that poverty grows, illiteracy spreads and children die of preventable illnesses.
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The report shows that 40,000 children die each day of preventable illnesses and malnutrition and that if this trend continues in the next 10 years 100 million children will die.
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