Avicenne Hospital in Bobigny treats many migrants; professionals with immigrant backgrounds and/or who are migrants themselves have been working there for a long time. Avicenne is the...

The municipality of Nanterre in the Hauts-de-Seine department has adopted an early childhood policy aimed at reducing inequality. Half of Nanterre’s residents live in working-class...

In the Bouches-du-Rhône department, a screening program for childhood lead poisoning was organized for children under the age of 6 living in areas with substandard housing. An...

In Aubervilliers, children living in buildings at risk are being offered screening for potential lead poisoning. At the same time, a program with a much more comprehensive approach...

At the PMI in Vanves, a team of professionals offers personalized care to new mothers and their children. The team—comprising pediatric nurses, doctors, a midwife, a psychologist, and...

Two teams of French researchers have thoroughly examined two Local Health Contracts in the Midi-Pyrénées region. In doing so, they have identified, in very concrete terms, the...

Despite a steady increase in life expectancy and a general improvement in the health of the population, we are still not all equal in the face of death and/or illness. Health...

How can we measure social inequalities in health? This is a particularly difficult task. The three criteria commonly used in population surveys are: socioeconomic status, income, and...

A team of researchers analyzed the international scientific literature to examine the impact of school-based health education on potential reductions in health inequalities. These...

How do inequalities arise, and how are they interconnected? Pierre Volovitch explains how inequalities accumulate and “form a system,” whether they pertain to income, educational...