In late 1990, the department of Isère launched an organized cancer screening program (for breast, cervical, and colorectal cancers) targeting women aged 50 to 69. An evaluation of the...

This article presents the 2000 results of the evaluation of early indicators for France’s organized breast cancer screening program and trends from 1989 to 2000: impact indicators,...

Flu vaccination is recommended for vulnerable individuals and, since 1999 in France, for healthcare workers to protect patients, as staff can play a significant role in the spread of...

At the request of the Directorate General for Health, the Institute for Health Surveillance has established a monitoring system for eye complications that may have occurred following...

Since September 19, 1996, Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease (CJD) and other human subacute spongiform encephalopathies (SSEs), regardless of their cause, have been included on the list of...

The AIDS epidemic among foreign nationals residing in France has been little studied. A report from the Institut de Veille Sanitaire has just been published. This article presents its...

This article is based on a document published in May 1999 by the Directorate General for Health and intended for physicians practicing in regions affected by Hemorrhagic Fever with...

Reporting meningococcal infections allows for the early implementation of preventive measures among contacts of confirmed cases. It also aims to determine the frequency, trends, and...

Introduction - The objective of this study is to identify, based on a representative sample of the population, the factors that may underlie compulsive drinking behavior among drinkers...