Introduction: Alcohol is responsible for short- and long-term health and social problems. In 2017, a group of experts commissioned by Santé publique France and the National Cancer...

The island of Mayotte, a French overseas department in the Indian Ocean with a population of approximately 170,000, is an area where malaria is endemic. The predominant Plasmodium...

In 1979, the World Health Organization (WHO) certified the elimination of malaria in Réunion. However, Réunion remains a malaria-prone area: Anopheles arabiensis, the primary malaria...

Over the past thirty years, the prevalence of asthma and allergies has increased significantly in France, as in many industrialized countries. In metropolitan France, the current...

In early 2005, a major outbreak of Chikungunya infection struck the Comoros, where more than 5,000 cases were reported between January and March. The virus then spread to other islands...

Between April and July 2004, 32 cases of infantile beriberi were reported in Mayotte, a French overseas collectivity in the Indian Ocean. An investigation team from the French Institute...

Introduction - In Mayotte, a French island in the Comoros archipelago in the Indian Ocean, fecal-oral infections remain a major public health problem. In this context, we describe the...

The first wave of the 2009 influenza A(H1N1) epidemic occurred on the islands of Réunion and Mayotte during the southern hemisphere winter. The limited knowledge available regarding the...

A toxicovigilance system was established in Réunion during the 2006 chikungunya epidemic to monitor health effects associated with exposure to insecticides used for vector control. This...