This advocacy document is intended for local elected officials and all professionals working for and within local governments. These local governments can take action to promote healthy...

Social inequalities in health are systematic differences in health status among population groups that are socially constructed: they can be dismantled and are therefore modifiable.;...

The Lacq industrial complex (Pyrénées-Atlantiques) is home to numerous industrial activities in the chemical and petrochemical sectors. In late 2015, the Directorate General for Health...

Santé publique France is conducting an epidemiological study on the health and quality of life of residents living near the Lacq industrial area, building on research already underway in...

The 3rd National Climate Change Adaptation Plan identifies adaptation to rising temperatures as a priority for the overseas departments and regions (DROM) in order to protect public...

The monitoring of antibiotic use and bacterial resistance to antibiotics in healthcare facilities (HCFs), a task entrusted to the SPARES initiative since 2018, contributes to the...

Occupational diseases (ODs) encompass all illnesses that any physician—particularly occupational physicians—deem, based on their expertise, to be related to work and that have not...

An occupational disease (MCP) refers to any work-related illness (or symptom) that has not been recognized as an occupational disease (MP) by the Social Security systems at the time of...

Occupational diseases (OD) are defined as illnesses or symptoms that may be work-related¹ and have not been recognized by social security systems. This concept was introduced by the...

Santé publique France has established a surveillance system to monitor the health status of the population living in the area exposed to the industrial fire that occurred in Rouen on...