Paediatrician
A pediatrician is a doctor who treats newborns, children, adolescents. Pediatricians play an important role in the health and wellbeing of the child. They prevent, detect and manage physical, behavioral and developmental issues that affect children.
FR: Pédiatre
Parapharmacie
Shop that sells pharmaceutical products for which a medical prescription is not required. These are commonly called non-prescription and over the counter (OTC) products.
IT: Parafarmacia
FR: Parapharmacie
Parent counselling service
It’s a type of service/facility that aims to provide the necessary knowledge, tools, guidance and support to parents without any bias or judgement. (or Counselling/Free clinic)
Pharmacy
It is a shop or a department in a shop where medicines are sold or given out
IT: Farmacia
FR: Pharmacie
Pregnancy
The condition of being pregnant, which means that a child is developing in the uterus
IT: Gravidanza
FR: Grossesse
Prescription
An official piece of paper on which a doctor writes the type of medicine you should have, and which enables you to get it from a chemist's.
IT: Ricetta
FR: Ordonnance
Puerperium
The period of about six weeks after childbirth during which the mother’s reproductive organs return to their original non-pregnant condition
IT: Puerperio
FR: Puerpéralité