This article summarizes the report titled "Epidemiological Impact of a Change in BCG Vaccination Policy in France," published in July 2001 by the French Institute for Public Health...

In France, tuberculosis is a notifiable disease. This article presents the cases reported in 2001 in metropolitan France and the French overseas departments, with a comparison of...

Invasive meningococcal infections (IMIs) are notifiable diseases. This article presents the results of a descriptive analysis of data collected for the year 2001. The incidence rate of...

The objective of this study is to describe trends (1978–1999) in breast cancer mortality among the general population in the ten departments with long-standing organized screening...

The study focused on two groups of women aged 50 to 69 who volunteered to participate in a health screening during the first quarter of 2001: a first group of 4,814 women living in a...

In late 1990, the department of Isère launched an organized cancer screening program (for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers) targeting women aged 50 to 69. An evaluation of the...

This article presents the 2000 results of the evaluation of early indicators for France’s organized breast cancer screening program and trends from 1989 to 2000: impact indicators,...

The framework for the organized breast cancer screening program is the set of specifications established by the Directorate General for Health, and the framework for evaluation...

The AIDS epidemic among foreign nationals residing in France has been little studied. A report from the Institut de Veille Sanitaire has just been published. This article presents its...