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...

Introduction - Following the simultaneous occurrence of tuberculosis cases at two high schools in Seine-Saint-Denis, the department’s tuberculosis control center conducted a study aimed...

Introduction - Influenza can be a nosocomial infection. Hospital outbreaks have been reported, but rarely in pediatric wards. A prospective study was conducted at Edouard Herriot...

Background - The occurrence of a cluster of locally acquired typhoid fever cases in January 2009 in the Lille metropolitan area prompted an investigation aimed at identifying the origin...

Objectives: To describe, over a two-year period, an outbreak of Staphylococcus aureus skin infections carrying genes encoding Panton-Valentine leukocidin (S. aureus PVL+) in a school...