Food aid organizations strive to distribute food in accordance with recommendations, notably by providing training to their volunteer and paid staff on how to put together...

The nutritional status of people living in precarious circumstances is most often estimated based on studies that analyze, within the general population, the relationship between lower...

Foot complications are among the most serious complications of diabetes, both in human and financial terms. Diabetic peripheral neuropathy causes a loss of sensation that increases the...

Invasive meningococcal infections (IMI) are serious infections that most commonly affect young people. In France, the majority of cases occur sporadically. Surveillance of IIM is one...

In 1999, the prevalence of treated diabetes was 3.2% in the general population and 11.2% among people aged 65 and older living in mainland France. Population aging and the rise in...

This report reviews childhood lead poisoning screening activities in mainland France during the period 1995–2002. It draws on data from the "National Surveillance System for Childhood...

Key points: - The Coquelicot study aims to test the feasibility of collecting blood samples from intravenous drug users (IDUs) using finger-prick blood collection on filter paper, to...

Key points: - emergence of lymphogranuloma venereum (LGV): 11 cases identified in 2003 in Renachla; - increase in the number of microbiological diagnoses of Chlamydia trachomatis...

Key points: The launch of a surveillance network for community-acquired Campylobacter infections: 3,532 strains analyzed between 2001 and 2003. The isolation rate of strains is...