The strategy for investigating and screening tuberculosis cases appears to be poorly implemented in France. To describe the screening of close contacts (CCs) of patients hospitalized for...

Motor, sensory, and intellectual disabilities are systematically recorded by the two French registries of childhood disabilities in order to monitor changes in their prevalence over...

Introduction - As part of efforts to reduce cases of lead poisoning linked to industrial activity, glassworks in Lorraine were required to commission a soil assessment to determine the...

Environmental mercury contamination in French Guiana stems from gold mining activities carried out in the late 19th and 20th centuries. Studies were conducted between 1994 and 2005 to...

Several studies have shown that an individual’s socioeconomic status influences participation in cancer screening. However, these studies were primarily based on questionnaires and were...

Introduction - The availability of two new vaccines against human papillomavirus (HPV) offers significant hope for women’s health, particularly for women who have never been infected...

Introduction - Between December 2005 and June 2006, a major dengue outbreak occurred in French Guiana. A dengue seroprevalence survey was conducted to estimate the proportion of the...

Data from the OSCOUR® network (Organization for Coordinated Emergency Monitoring) are used by Santé publique France as part of the Heat Wave and Health Alert System (SACS) to estimate...

Chlordecone, an organochlorine insecticide, was widely used in Martinique and Guadeloupe to control the banana weevil, leading to long-term soil contamination. This contamination has...