The West Guyana Hospital Center (CHOG) in Saint-Laurent-du-Maroni employs four health mediators in the mobile units of the Healthcare Access Clinics (PASS) and the mobile healthcare...

In 2020, the lockdown during the COVID-19 pandemic exacerbated the vulnerability of the most marginalized people in French Guiana by making it even more difficult for them to access...

In France, 800,000 people are victims of sexual violence each year. This issue of *La Santé en action* brings together some twenty experts and presents an overview of current knowledge...

How can we ensure that a public health intervention is effective? What key principles must be implemented to ensure that a program has a positive impact on populations? This special...

The main feature of this issue focuses on perinatal care in some of France’s overseas departments and regions: the French West Indies and French Guiana. The next issue will focus on...

How can we reconcile ethics with public health, population health considerations, and health promotion? Some thirty experts, social science researchers, and practitioners in the field...

Effective interventions exist to prevent suicide, as demonstrated by the scientific literature. This finding has led public authorities and public health professionals to adopt this...

This is a new profession in the healthcare sector: health mediators help patients access care and help the general public access preventive services. The widening health inequalities...

It is a health determinant that is not sufficiently recognized: urban planning plays a crucial role in the quality of life, well-being, and thus the overall health of every individual....

This issue is dedicated to the health of migrants. We take a holistic view of health, encompassing health determinants, the environment, socioeconomic status, access to employment,...