Travelers, regardless of their destination or travel conditions, often experience health problems. It should be noted that infectious causes of death or serious illness are rare,...

Currently, vaccination coverage among young children is estimated based on 24-month health certificates. While this data source provides satisfactory estimates, it remains slow to...

The 24-month health certificate is the primary tool for estimating vaccination coverage among young children. Until 2004, county councils reported aggregated data; since 2004, they...

Introduction - For more than twenty years, the annual incidence rate of invasive meningococcal disease (IMD) in France has ranged between 1 and 2 cases per 105 inhabitants. Methods -...

In July 2007, the mandatory BCG vaccination requirement was replaced by a strong recommendation to vaccinate children most at risk of tuberculosis. We conducted a survey to estimate...

Until now, France was the last European country to maintain a policy of routine BCG revaccination. That policy has just been discontinued, raising a new question: should the initial...

Key points: - The national incidence of tuberculosis in 2003 was 10.2 cases per 100,000 inhabitants and has remained stable since 1997. - The incidence of tuberculosis among at-risk...

In France, the flu is responsible for thousands of deaths each year among vulnerable individuals. Flu vaccination is recommended for these individuals and for healthcare professionals...

Key points: - 75 cases reported over 3 years, representing an average annual incidence of 0.50 per million inhabitants - High case fatality rate (up to 31% depending on age) - 87% of...

Key Points - 2003: Third consecutive year of decline (23% decrease from 1996–99 to 2000–2003), primarily among children older than 2 months. - 91% of cases were laboratory-confirmed. -...