Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units is a priority because patients are at increased risk of infection due to their critical condition and the...

Surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in intensive care units is a priority because patients are at increased risk of infection due to their critical condition and the...

Pertussis is a highly contagious disease whose complications can be very serious, particularly in infants who have not been vaccinated or have not completed their vaccination series....

Objective - To describe the characteristics of people with diabetes (all types) in the French overseas departments (DOMs), their health status and quality of care (type 2), and to...

Objectives - The objective was to examine, in light of clinical guidelines, the practices of general practitioners regarding the intensification of antidiabetic treatment in patients...

Objectives - To determine, using health insurance data, changes in the prevalence of treated diabetes in France between 2000 and 2009; to describe geographic disparities by examining...

Following the health crises of the 1990s (contaminated blood, mad cow disease, asbestos, . .) and more recent ones caused by the 2003 heat wave or emerging infectious pathogens (SARS,...

The health effects of air pollution have been extensively studied and are becoming increasingly well understood. In epidemiology, most studies have focused on the short- and long-term...

To monitor the dynamics of the hepatitis C epidemic among people who use drugs (PWUD) in France, the ANRS-Coquelicot survey was conducted in France between 2004 and 2007. This survey,...

Since 2008, the health surveillance unit of the Departmental Directorate of Health and Social Affairs (DDASS) in the Nord department has observed an increase in the number of reported...