Santé publique France is led by an interim director general, assisted by a deputy director general, a scientific director, and a chief of staff, and is organized around four councils,...

Objectives and Method: We conducted a prospective study in 2013 to compare the effectiveness and duration of protection of whole-cell versus acellular pertussis vaccines following the...

As part of the ongoing discussions within Santé publique France over the past two years regarding ethical issues in public health, the agency organized its first seminar on November 28,...

The eighth edition of the Armada de Rouen, a major international gathering of sailboats and military vessels, took place from June 8 to 18, 2023, attracting more than six million...

Between April 10 and 18, 2019, Santé publique France received 7 reports of pediatric hemolytic uremic syndrome (HUS) from hospital departments participating in the surveillance program,...

Tobacco, alcohol, and cannabis are the most commonly used psychoactive substances among young adults in France. However, it is other drugs that most distinguish them from the rest of the...

The Life Events and Health (EVS) survey measures the prevalence of five sleep disorders and examines their associations with the sociodemographic characteristics of respondents, as well...

The international literature suggests that people are more likely to admit to using psychoactive substances by checking a box on a self-administered questionnaire—especially when the...

Alcohol consumption among 15- to 30-year-olds is characterized by relatively infrequent daily drinking (2.5% of this population), but higher rates of heavy episodic drinking (25.5%) and...