In 2002, the Paris Health Insurance Fund launched an oral health prevention initiative targeting elderly residents in nursing homes in northeastern Paris. In 2010, the initiative...

In the Rhône-Alpes region, a pilot program for the prevention and management of oral health care is designed for people with disabilities. It focuses on providing information and...

The Val-de-Marne department is a pioneer in oral health prevention in schools (elementary and middle schools) as well as in daycare centers and maternal and child health centers. These...

In Seine-Saint-Denis, an oral health prevention program aimed at improving children’s oral health—led by the departmental council—is training professionals in the education, health,...

In the Gard department, the General Council’s dental service focuses on preventive care, primarily in first-grade classrooms. A dentist conducts informational sessions and then...

Background. Influenza-like illness (ILI) is monitored in Guadeloupe and Martinique by a network of sentinel physicians. During the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) pandemic, the incidence of ILI...

While the risk of hepatitis C virus (HCV) infection is high among people who use drugs (PWUD), screening and treatment for chronic hepatitis C remain limited in this population. The...

Pressure to be profitable, restructuring: over the past few years, the National Forest Service has overhauled its organizational structure. Staff have been severely unsettled by these...

Every Friday from midnight to 6 a.m., a team of professionals—a doctor, a pharmacist, a nurse, and a counselor—sets up in the parking lot of two nightclubs in the Hérault department....

In the Douaisis region, the local mission—in conjunction with the regional health program for young people entering the workforce in Nord-Pas-de-Calais and with the support of the...