Sonacotra (National Housing Construction Company for Workers) was established in 1956, initially to house Algerian workers. In the 1990s, these housing complexes were gradually converted...

In April 2003, the National AIDS Council expressed concern about the spread of HIV/AIDS in the overseas departments and called for improvements to the measures in place to combat the...

The French region most affected by obesity is Upper Normandy, with a prevalence rate of 13.8% across all age groups in 2000, compared to the French average of 9.6%. The Regional Health...

The vast majority of the 15,000 deaths in the summer of 2003 can be attributed to a twofold lack of awareness: a lack of awareness of the danger posed by extreme heat, and a...

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, and...

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 performs...

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...