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English translation: basic/primary health care

21:07 Aug 28, 2012
Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Medical: Health Care
Portuguese term or phrase: atenção básica de saúde
Uma espécie amplamente utilizada pela população brasileira, com evidências para indicação de uso na atenção básica de saúde e potencial de avançar na cadeia produtiva.
Andre Damasceno
Brazil
Local time: 22:46
English translation:basic/primary health care
Explanation:
I would say ...

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Note added at 19 mins (2012-08-28 21:26:59 GMT)
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Primary health care - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_health_carePrimary health care, often abbreviated as "PHC", has been defined as "essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable ...
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David Hollywood
Local time: 22:46
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Summary of answers provided
4 +5basic/primary health care
David Hollywood
4 +1basic health care
Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
4 +1Primary Care or Primary Healthcare
Helena Johnston


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
basic health care


Explanation:
Costumo traduzir assim

Antonio Tomás Lessa do Amaral
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Margarida Ataide
15 mins
  -> Tx
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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +5
basic/primary health care


Explanation:
I would say ...

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Note added at 19 mins (2012-08-28 21:26:59 GMT)
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Primary health care - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Primary_health_carePrimary health care, often abbreviated as "PHC", has been defined as "essential health care based on practical, scientifically sound and socially acceptable ...
Goals and principles - Approaches - See also - References

David Hollywood
Local time: 22:46
Native speaker of: English
PRO pts in category: 18
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agree  Margarida Ataide
15 mins
  -> obrigado :)
agree  Filippe Vasconcellos de Freitas Guimarães: "Primary", absolutely. "Atenção básica" is Brazilian gov't lingo for "primary health care": http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atenção_primária_à_saúde
21 mins
  -> thanks fv :)
agree  Sheryle Oliver: PHC is also employed by the World Health Organization.
6 hrs
agree  mokament: I think "primary" or "basic" healthcare are both fine, and may go by preference! The world bank uses "basic" siteresources.worldbank.org/.../PradoPenaContractingProviding.pdf
14 hrs
agree  Muriel Vasconcellos: primary health care
1 day 3 hrs
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15 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
Primary Care or Primary Healthcare


Explanation:
atenção básica de saúde is the equivalent of primary healthcare.

Helena Johnston
United States
Local time: 21:46
Native speaker of: Native in PortuguesePortuguese

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Ana Lottis: Agreed - in English it's very often to just say "primary care" and have "health" be implicit (eg in the term "Primary Care Provider")
3 days 6 hrs
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