French Guiana is heavily affected by dengue fever, a disease transmitted by mosquitoes. Since 2005, government authorities have implemented a public awareness campaign, which has helped...

As part of a partnership with INPES and Guyane Promo Santé, Comede organized two specialized training sessions in 2008 on the medical and psychosocial care of foreigners in vulnerable...

French Guiana and Suriname have launched a sexual education program along the Maroni River. As part of a cross-border cooperation initiative, a Mobile Health Intervention and Prevention...

French Guiana is the French department most severely affected by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Despite undeniable progress over the past thirty years, the epidemic remains at an alarming level,...

Educating children to reduce obesity is the goal of the Carambole interregional program, which has been piloted for three years in the French West Indies and French Guiana. This health...

This third wave of the Health and Nutrition Barometer, conducted among a sample of 4,714 people aged 12 to 75, explores in detail what French people eat and drink; the times of day when...

In the Lille area, at the request of a member company, the occupational health team stepped in to launch an initiative aimed at encouraging employees to engage in physical activity....

In Lille, the hospitality industry turned to occupational health services to better prevent workplace risks among its employees. Doctors assessed these risks, gathered feedback from...

To prevent substance abuse (alcohol and illicit drugs) among its municipal employees, the city of Nantes has implemented a comprehensive prevention plan: creation of a peer support group...

For general practitioners, addressing alcohol use with their patients remains difficult and taboo, and they are not always prepared to do so. In the Champagne-Ardenne region, doctors are...