Introduction - A pertussis outbreak in a maternity ward raised concerns about the risk of infection among newborns. This report describes the strategy and measures implemented to...

Healthcare-associated infections (HAIs) affect not only patients but also healthcare workers. This study analyzed, among the 5,342 HAI reports received between 2001 and 2007 by the...

Objective - To describe the characteristics of people with diabetes (all types) in the French overseas departments (DOMs), their health status and quality of care (type 2), and to...

Objectives - The objective was to examine, in light of clinical guidelines, the practices of general practitioners regarding the intensification of antidiabetic treatment in patients...

Objectives - To determine, using health insurance data, changes in the prevalence of treated diabetes in France between 2000 and 2009; to describe geographic disparities by examining...

Following the health crises of the 1990s (contaminated blood, mad cow disease, asbestos, . .) and more recent ones caused by the 2003 heat wave or emerging infectious pathogens (SARS,...

The health effects of air pollution have been extensively studied and are becoming increasingly well understood. In epidemiology, most studies have focused on the short- and long-term...

To monitor the dynamics of the hepatitis C epidemic among people who use drugs (PWUD) in France, the ANRS-Coquelicot survey was conducted in France between 2004 and 2007. This survey,...

Since 2008, the health surveillance unit of the Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) in the Nord department has observed an increase in the number of reported...