The INPES Health Barometers provide regular data on epidemiological surveillance indicators among the general population. These random surveys are conducted by telephone among residents...

This chapter examines how well-informed people in the overseas departments and regions (DROM) are about viral hepatitis B and C, as well as their use of screening tests for these...

As part of the preparations for the alcohol awareness campaign, a large-scale survey was conducted to assess the attitudes and behaviors of the French public regarding this public health issue.

During the 1970s and 1980s, the implementation of control measures within a new legislative framework and the development of a nuclear power program led to a significant reduction in the...

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...

Legionellosis has been a notifiable disease since 1987. The surveillance system was strengthened in 1997 with the publication of a circular on the prevention and surveillance of...

In late December 2003, a long-term care facility in the Pyrénées-Atlantiques region reported to the DDASS that approximately 30 cases of flu-like illness had occurred among residents,...

Since 2002, a national protocol called BMR-RAISIN has enabled the five C.CLIN centers to generate, through their networks, standardized data on the two types of multidrug-resistant...

The objective of this study was to examine the factors associated with perceived and actual morbidity among older adults during the August 2003 heat wave within two cohorts: PAQUID and...