The rediscovery of chlordecone in surface waters in the French West Indies sparked a significant mobilization, first locally and then at the national level. A pesticide used to control...

The Air and Health Monitoring Program (Psas) aims to monitor the health effects of urban air pollution. We will present the organization and key methodological aspects underpinning this...

In France, changes in the levels and chemical composition of urban air pollution, as well as the widespread adoption of measurements of particulate matter (PM10) indicators, warranted an...

Once global eradication has been achieved and declared, and after the use of the oral vaccine has ceased, laboratories that use or store the poliovirus will become the sole source of...

Since the last review of the polio situation in France in November 2000, the European Region of the World Health Organization (WHO) was declared polio-free on June 21, 2002. National...

France is facing a resurgence of measles outbreaks even as it strives to meet the WHO’s goal of eliminating the disease by 2010. To achieve this goal, the DGS has established a working...

The promotion of measles vaccination for infants, introduced in 1983, was accompanied by a sharp decline in the incidence of measles, which has been monitored by the Sentinelles network...

Since early 2010, a measles outbreak has been observed in the French armed forces. The objective is to present the results of epidemiological surveillance of measles in the armed forces...

The strategy for measles elimination is outlined here. To eliminate measles, it is necessary to increase vaccination coverage among children, vaccinate unvaccinated generations or...