Vocabulary and Key Actions for Universal Health Coverage

Strengthen

reinforce.

Shift

move.

Estimate

approximate calculation.

Trend

tendance.

Workforce

personnel.

Hard-won

durement acquis.

Worsen

empirer.

Preventable

évitable.

Threaten

menacer.

Disease

maladie.

Healthy

en bonne santé.

Provide

fournir.

Reminder

rappel.

Will

volonté.

New born

nouveau-né.

Available

disponible.

Expenditure

dépense.

Forego

se priver de.

Counter

contrer.

Non-communicable

non-transmissible.

Infectious

contagious.

Release

publish.

Require

necessitate.

Affordable

not expensive.

To be off-track

To be going in the wrong direction.

To spell the difference

to lead to one or two consequences.

To pay out-of-pocket

to use your own money to pay for something.

To serve as a wake-up call

to make people realise they need to take action.

To fulfil a promise

to meet an objective.

To paint a dire picture

to present a situation as being extremely bad.

Low-income

poor.

Delivery

distribution.

Achieve

reach.

Worldwide

globally.

Furthermore

moreover.

Trade-off

compromise.

Highlight

souligner.

Ahead of

before.

Improve

become better.

Jointly

together.