Calculating standardized incidence (or mortality) ratios or performing Poisson regression requires counting the person-years (p-y) generated during the follow-up of a cohort. Several...

In France, the model for treating substance users is currently dominated by the harm reduction paradigm. Narcotics Anonymous groups offer their members an alternative approach based on...

Introduction - Rotaviruses are the leading cause of acute gastroenteritis in children. In the context of vaccination, careful prospective surveillance is required to monitor and...

When she was training to become a midwife, she was told she would never be able to practice. Twenty years later, Béatrice Idiard-Chamois, who has a disability and uses a wheelchair, is...

Due to a lack of time and resources, people with disabilities who require care generally do not receive the care, attention, or support they need. According to Élisabeth Zucman, there...

The significant decline in per capita alcohol consumption over the past fifty years in France is attributable to public health initiatives, which have changed the image of alcohol....

Since 1990, the surveillance of childhood cancers in France has been carried out by the National Registry of Malignant Hematological Diseases in Children (RNHE) and, since 2000, by the...

Surveillance of influenza A(H1N1)v will evolve in response to the epidemiological situation. Currently, it focuses on comprehensive case finding to prevent the spread of the virus...

The number of leprosy cases detected in Guadeloupe has been slowly declining over the decades, with the overall incidence of new cases falling from 24 per 100,000 in 1970 to 11 per...