Summary In week 20 (May 13–19, 2019), emergency department visits and subsequent hospitalizations rose slightly among children aged 2–14 (+6,090 visits, or +10%, and +358...

More than 3,500 organizations in France are working to promote public health, with financial support from the government and local authorities. In partnership with nine of these...

Since 2006, Brazil has had a national health promotion policy. The goal is to improve the population’s health by addressing economic, social, and health determinants. Brazil has thus...

For several decades, Brazil has implemented a strategy to promote breastfeeding as part of its public health policy. This comprehensive program includes media campaigns, training for...

Interview with Jean-Pierre Poulain. In his latest book, *Sociology of Obesity*, this socio-anthropologist specializing in food emphasizes the importance of studying perceptions of...

Interview with Jean-Paul Moatti, professor of economics and director of the Inserm-IRD research unit “Economic and Social Sciences, Health Systems and Society,” Mediterranean Unit....

Interview with Laïla Loste, coordinator of the "Chroniques associés" coalition of organizations and project manager at AIDES. Between 9 and 28 million French people live with a chronic...

Social inequalities in health are not inevitable; to reduce them, we must address the major socioeconomic "determinants" such as education, housing, employment and working conditions,...

How can we improve healthcare and living conditions for homeless people? Three experts—Vincent Girard, a psychiatrist, and doctors Pascale Estecahandy and Pierre Chauvin—submitted a...

While breastfeeding is a personal choice, it also has strong cultural and social dimensions. Breastfeeding rates vary considerably by social class: 80% of female executives breastfeed,...