At the request of the Ministry of Health, we estimated the number of health events (cases, hospitalizations, and deaths) expected during an influenza pandemic and compared the impact and...

As part of the effort to combat influenza pandemics, we conducted an initial study to estimate the epidemiological impact that an influenza pandemic might have in terms of expected...

Introduction - Since July 2004, Réunion has been in an inter-epidemic phase for dengue but remains at risk of a resurgence of the disease, necessitating rigorous epidemiological...

Exacerbations of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD) are a factor associated with a poor prognosis for the course of the disease. The most severe cases require hospitalization....

A decline in asthma-related hospitalization rates has been observed in France over the past decade among adults. However, these rates have remained stable among children. Yet...

Pertussis is a highly contagious disease whose complications can be very serious, particularly in infants who have not been vaccinated or have not completed their vaccination series....

Occupational asthma is one of the most common work-related respiratory diseases in industrialized countries. The National Observatory on Occupational Asthma (ONAP) was established in...

Program Overview The Occupational Disease Surveillance Program (MCP), implemented by the French Institute for Public Health Surveillance (InVS) and the Occupational Health Inspection...

This system relies on a sentinel network of volunteer occupational physicians who, twice a year for two consecutive weeks, report all cases of work-related illnesses (WRI) observed among...