district hospital

French translation: Hôpital de district

07:31 Sep 12, 2000

English to French translations [Non-PRO]
Medical

English term or phrase: district hospital

In a text dealing with health in some African developing countries.
As opposed to "health center". It seems that a district hospital is the facility one level up from the local health center (the bottom of the service pyramid). Some
countries don't call it a district hospital, but internationally that seems
to be the single best term.

FPL

French translation:Hôpital de district

Explanation:
I ran an Alta Vista search for "hôpital de district" + OMS (World Health Organizaton) and got lots and lots of hits, including a whole lot for Africa, so I'd think you were quite safe on this one.

Relevant Alta Vista page, below:

Selected response from:

Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 01:27

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Summary of answers provided

Hôpital de district

Yolanda Broad

Hopital regional

Neli Stoyanova, MD

centre hospitalier

Nikki Scott-Despaigne

centre hospitalier régional

sktrans

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Hôpital de district

Yolanda Broad
United States
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 724

33 mins

Hopital regional

Explanation:
This is the hospital which serves the district. It is at 2-5 hours driving distance from 7-10 health centers and offers surgery, obstetrics and other kind of help you can't get in the health center. Usually in Africa the first time you find a doctor is the district hospital.

Neli Stoyanova, MD
United States
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of:

Bulgarian
PRO pts in pair: 6

1 hr

centre hospitalier

Explanation:
CENTRE HOSPITALIER (CH) can be UNIVERSAITAIRE (CHU), NATIONAL (CHN) and maybe others. All over in France this terms is commonly used.

Two examples :

www.hopital-paul-morel-vesoul.fr
www.ch-valvert-marseille.fr

And the African web search machine MBOLO confirmed that the term is used in French-speaking Africa (Burkina Fasso, Ivory Coast...)

Check out www.mbolo.com, tap in CENTRE HOSPITALIER and you will get lots of hits!

Bon courage,

Nikki

Reference: http://www.hopital-paul-morel-vesoul.fr
www.mbolo.com (moteur de recherche du web francophone africain)

Nikki Scott-Despaigne
Local time: 07:27
Native speaker of:

English
PRO pts in pair: 882

1 day 10 hrs

centre hospitalier régional

Explanation:
Just a variant that I have seen used for many French institutions. Knowing that the French were for a while in many African countries, maybe this term has stayed there even after their departure.

sktrans
Local time: 01:27
Native speaker of:

Arabic,

French
PRO pts in pair: 697

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