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class="field-content"><a href="/health-topics/organ-donation-and-transplantation" hreflang="en">Organ Donation and Transplantation</a></span></div></div> <h3 id="p">P</h3> <div class="letter-group"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/health-topics/patient-safety" hreflang="en">Patient Safety</a></span></div></div> <div class="letter-group"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/health-topics/physical-activity" hreflang="en">Physical Activity</a></span></div></div> <div class="letter-group"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/health-topics/plague" hreflang="en">Plague</a></span></div></div> <div class="letter-group"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a href="/health-topics/polio" hreflang="en">Polio</a></span></div></div> <div class="letter-group"><div class="views-field views-field-title"><span class="field-content"><a 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