In August 2002, Madagascar’s Ministry of Health requested assistance from the WHO and its Global Outbreak Alert and Response Network to investigate an influenza outbreak. This article...

The medical-social component of the National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM) aims to evaluate and improve the management of pleural mesothelioma as an occupational disease in...

A study of mortality rates among former EDF-GDF employees since 1978 is currently underway. Its objectives are to characterize mortality in this population and, in particular, to examine...

Occupational factors have a significant impact on public health, generate high costs, and contribute to social inequalities in health. France has a well-developed occupational health...

Introduction - The objective is to establish a post-occupational surveillance system for employees ("Spirale") and self-employed workers ("Espri") by identifying retirees who were...

A national, prospective, multicenter survey of accidents involving exposure to HCV-contaminated blood conducted between October 1993 and December 1995 in 25 participating hospitals. A...

Introduction - The French occupational health system is well-developed, but the impact of occupational factors on health remains poorly understood. Method - The French Institute for...

Objectives. The main objectives of the National Mesothelioma Surveillance Program (PNSM) are to estimate trends in the incidence of mesothelioma and the proportion attributable to...

Introduction - In Mayotte, a French island in the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean, fecal-oral infections remain a major public health problem. In this context, we describe the...

Since September 19, 1996, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and other human subacute spongiform encephalopathies (SSEs), regardless of their cause, have been included on the list of...