The phrase
"health catastrophe" means a significant and disastrous event or situation that greatly impacts people's health. It refers to a serious and widespread problem or crisis related to health that can cause harm, illness, or even death to a large number of people.
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Synonyms for individual words can be found below.
«health»
«catastrophe»
Phrases with «health catastrophe»
Sentences with «health catastrophe»
- This represents a public health catastrophe of the first magnitude. (dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com)
- Global Water Challenge Pres. Paul Faeth Sets Us Straight Health Climate Change to Cause Global Health Catastrophe War in Pakistan Exposes 2 Million Refugees to Contaminated Water, Disease Risk (treehugger.com)
- «If we don't do something about this very quickly, we have a public health catastrophe on our hands,» Hemingway says. (sciencemag.org)
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