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Fresh insight into the causes of infant and perinatal mortality in the Seine-Saint-Denis district

In 2012, the Île-de-France Regional Health Agency initiated a regional project aimed at Reducing Infant and Perinatal Mortality (RéMI). This initiative was primarily focused on Seine-Saint-Denis, a district characterised by excess infant mortality (death before one year of age) and perinatal mortality ...

21 Oct 2015 | France

Launch of the influenza vaccination campaign

Monday 12 October saw the start of the annual vaccination campaign, which will continue until the end of January 2016 ...

16 Oct 2015 | France

Nobel Prize in Chemistry 2015

The Nobel prize in physiology or medecine is awarded to William C. Campbell et Satoshi Ōmura et Youyou Tu ...

07 Oct 2015 | France International

Nobel Prize in medicine 2015

The Nobel prize in physiology or medecine is awarded to William C. Campbell et Satoshi Ōmura et Youyou Tu ...

05 Oct 2015 | France International

French women breastfeed for 4 months on average

A study shows that French women breastfeed for an average of 17 weeks, or just over 4 and a half months in total, and only exclusively for two months. ...

22 Sep 2015 | France Media