Santé publique France, the national public health agency, is issuing a call for applications to form an ad hoc expert group tasked with recommending a strategy for building a stockpile of medical...

Santé publique France extends its best wishes to you and wishes you a Happy New Year in 2017

During the winter months, outbreaks of the flu, gastroenteritis, and bronchiolitis affect millions of people every year. Santé publique France publishes a weekly update to track the trend in the...

For adolescents, middle school years are a time of change. The international HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) survey, conducted every four years in more than 40 countries, provides...

Seven public institutions engaged in research, expertise, and/or risk assessment in the fields of health and the environment are committed to making their work accessible to the public.

Santé publique France has released the results of a study that, for the first time in France, details the exposure of pregnant French women to certain environmental pollutants. The first volume,...

Over the past few days, an episode of air pollution caused by fine particulate matter has been developing in several regions of mainland France (Île-de-France, Hauts-de-France, Normandy, Grand...

On November 1, 2016, “Moi(s) sans tabac”—a major collective initiative aimed at encouraging as many smokers as possible to quit for 30 days—was launched. This groundbreaking event was a resounding...

As December 1st approaches—marking the 29th World AIDS Day—Santé publique France is releasing a special issue of its Weekly Epidemiological Bulletin and an epidemiological update on the latest...

At the 23rd Effie Awards (Effie France 2016), held on November 21, 2016, Santé publique France won the gold award in the "Public Interest Communication" category. This year’s event, organized by...

The major collective challenge launched to encourage as many smokers as possible to quit smoking for 30 days began on November 1, 2016. By mid-November, 177,000 people had already joined the...

To mark European Antibiotic Awareness Day on November 18, 2016, Santé publique France, the French National Agency for Medicines and Health Products Safety (ANSM), and the French Agency for Food,...