Eastern European countries are particularly affected by the hepatitis C epidemic, due to a highly repressive legal framework governing drug use. Since the mid-2000s, France has seen a...

Introduction: Since February 2016, various European countries have reported the circulation of several specific strains of the hepatitis A virus (HAV) of genotype IA, primarily affecting...

In October 2015, in accordance with the recommendations of the assessment mission on the healthcare system for migrants living in the Calais camp, an epidemiological surveillance system...

Introduction: Routine data on vaccination coverage (VC) among adolescents are scarce at the subnational level in France. However, it is important for regional health agencies to have...

Introduction: In late December 2013, a biologist alerted the Languedoc-Roussillon Regional Health Agency (ARS) to the diagnosis of four cases of hepatitis A within five days. After...

Objective: To describe the use of psychoactive substances during sexual intercourse and associated risk factors. Materials and methods: In 2015, an anonymous self-administered...

Objective - To evaluate the process and content of a health interview conducted at the onset of adolescence and to assess its impact on public health based on a pilot study conducted in...

The data presented here pertain to cases of active tuberculosis reported under the mandatory tuberculosis reporting system (DO) in Seine-Saint-Denis during the 2013–2015 period. While...

In 2015, Seine-Saint-Denis had the highest tuberculosis incidence rate in metropolitan France, at 24.6 cases per 100,000 inhabitants. Since 2015, the Tuberculosis Control Center (CLAT)...

Introduction: In September 2013, at the Maripasoula Health Center (French Guiana), several gold miners sought medical care for lower limb edema (LLE) with signs of heart failure (HF)....