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 the...

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 Renal...

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 key...

Cocaine has become the third most commonly used illicit substance after cannabis and primarily affects people aged 25–34 from a wide range of social backgrounds. This drug exists in...

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...

Monitoring drug use among adolescents is a priority for public authorities, requiring the implementation of methods tailored to this sensitive issue. After situating epidemiological...

In sub-Saharan Africa, 61% of adults living with HIV/AIDS are women. In these countries, the literature highlights women’s increased vulnerability to this infection, due in particular to...

This issue of *Tendances* presents the initial results of the French component of the HBSC (Health Behaviour in School-aged Children) survey, conducted in 41 countries and regions across...