Interview with Jean-Paul Moatti, professor of economics and director of the Inserm-IRD research unit “Economic and Social Sciences, Health Systems and Society,” Mediterranean Unit....

Interview with Laïla Loste, coordinator of the "Chroniques associés" coalition of organizations and project manager at AIDES. Between 9 and 28 million French people live with a chronic...

Social inequalities in health are not inevitable; to reduce them, we must address the major socioeconomic "determinants" such as education, housing, employment and working conditions,...

How can we improve healthcare and living conditions for homeless people? Three experts—Vincent Girard, a psychiatrist, and doctors Pascale Estecahandy and Pierre Chauvin—submitted a...

While breastfeeding is a personal choice, it also has strong cultural and social dimensions. Breastfeeding rates vary considerably by social class: 80% of female executives breastfeed,...

Why is the rate of breastfeeding in France among the lowest in Europe? Marc Pilliot, a pediatrician and president of the French Breastfeeding Coordination Group, outlines the main...

French law and the Labor Code stipulate that women may devote one hour of their daily work time to breastfeeding and that any company with more than 100 employees must provide a...

Following the signing of the Ottawa Charter for Health Promotion in 1986, the European Office of the World Health Organization (WHO) established new partnerships, particularly to...

It is only in the last dozen years or so that health has become a central issue in urban policy. Catherine Richard, of the General Secretariat of the Interministerial Committees on...

Marseille is the first city in France to have signed a local health agreement with the government, following the creation of regional health agencies. Philippe Baraize, the city’s...