Since 1983, efforts to promote vaccination have been accompanied by a significant reduction in measles morbidity and mortality. However, vaccination coverage is not high enough to...

The General Councils are responsible for combating sexually transmitted diseases and provide free treatment for these infections in public healthcare facilities such as venereal...

Established in 1986, the Rénago network consists of a network of volunteer microbiology laboratories located throughout mainland France. The network’s objective is to assess trends in...

In France, drowning is a major public health issue, as it accounts for more than 500 deaths each year. Across all age groups, it ranks as the fourth leading cause of accidental death;...

This article outlines the objectives of the national surveillance network for Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease and related diseases: to detect all cases of human subacute transmissible...

Lead poisoning in children was rediscovered in France nearly 20 years ago, with lead-based paint—still present in older Parisian homes—identified as the source of the poisoning. In the...

Surveillance of listeriosis in France is conducted through mandatory reporting (DO) and data from the National Reference Center (CNR) for Listeria at the Pasteur Institute. The CNR...

The purpose of this article is to provide an overview, two years after the heat wave, of the main studies conducted in France in the wake of this tragic event, their findings, and the...

Tuberculosis is a preventable infectious disease whose impact on public health is growing worldwide. The World Health Organization estimates that if the disease is not brought under...