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Record 1 2000-03-30

English

Subject field(s)
  • Epidemiology
DEF

A scheme for the control or eradication of a particular communicable disease on a community-wide basis, carried out by machinery operating with that precise objective.

OBS

This definition can ... be generalized to apply to any health care activity ...

OBS

HOHEA: Hogarth, J. Glossary of health care terminology. Copenhagen, WHO Regional Office for Europe, 1978. (Public Health in Europe, No. 4).

French

Domaine(s)
  • Épidémiologie
DEF

Mesure visant à endiguer ou à éliminer une maladie transmissible donnée, à l'échelon d'une collectivité.

OBS

Selon certains, il faudrait modifier cette définition de manière à l'appliquer également aux maladies non transmissibles.

Spanish

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