Tularemia has been listed as a notifiable disease since October 2002. The objective of mandatory reporting is to monitor trends in incidence, describe the clinical and epidemiological...

Healthcare-associated infections are more common in intensive care units than in other areas of care due to the critical condition of patients and the invasive nature of life-support...

The results of the French organized breast cancer screening program are presented according to the old guidelines for 2001 and 2002 and according to the new guidelines for 2002. Compared...

The purpose of this article is to review the expected benefits of breastfeeding, to provide a summary of the available data in France, and to discuss breastfeeding surveillance systems...

Nutrition plays a major role in the development of many chronic diseases. In this context, the National Nutrition and Health Program (PNNS, 2001) has as its overall objective the...

Established by order of the regional prefect in 1992, the Ile-de-France Childhood Lead Poisoning Surveillance System (Sssiilf) brings together all regional partners involved in screening...

Exposure to particulate matter pollution has been linked to an increased risk of mortality and hospitalizations due to respiratory and cardiovascular causes. Its effects have been...

EuroTB is a tuberculosis surveillance network that has covered the WHO European Region since 1996. Its goal is to enhance the contribution of surveillance to tuberculosis control, based...

Background. Hantavirus infections are present in northeastern France. Humans become infected by inhaling dust contaminated with rodent excreta. In February 2003, the National Reference...

The summer of 2003 was the hottest France had experienced in 53 years. A heat wave of exceptional intensity occurred during the first half of August, with maximum and minimum...