Hepatitis C is a viral infection primarily transmitted through blood. Screening for the disease is crucial to ensuring that infected individuals receive the treatments that can now lead to a cure.

Santé publique France focuses in particular on four areas of sexual health: sexually transmitted infections, including HIV; contraception; combating discrimination; and violence.

Santé publique France coordinates the epidemiological surveillance of blood donors and helps assess the risk that a blood donation may be infected with a pathogen transmissible through transfusion.