Regional Horizons and Oceania variations in French overseas territories

Chikungunya Epidemic in the French Overseas Territories using Syndromic Surveillance

Introduction In December 2013, an emergence of chikungunya was observed in the French Caribbean region. Starting on the Saint-Martin island, the epidemic of chikungunya spread in Martinique on December 2013. The first cases were then observed in Guadeloupe in December 2013 and in January 2014 in the French Guyana [1]. A specific surveillance system has been implemented based on a sentinel gener...

Lessons from the H1N1 influenza pandemic in French overseas territories and interim reports from metropolitan France.

Management of the first wave of the H1N1 influenza pandemic has presented major logistic and infrastructural challenges for public health authorities worldwide. Mangement in the Northern hemisphere has been in part guided by information provided by countries in the Southern hemisphere, which were the first to experience a winter outbreak of the new influenza H1N1 variant virus. Following report...

Deltamethrin Resistance Mechanisms in Aedes aegypti Populations from Three French Overseas Territories Worldwide

BACKGROUND Aedes aegypti is a cosmopolite mosquito, vector of arboviruses. The worldwide studies of its insecticide resistance have demonstrated a strong loss of susceptibility to pyrethroids, the major class of insecticide used for vector control. French overseas territories such as French Guiana (South America), Guadeloupe islands (Lesser Antilles) as well as New Caledonia (Pacific Ocean), ha...

[High blood pressure and obesity: disparities among four French overseas territories].

BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE The epidemiological characteristics of hypertension and obesity in French overseas territories (FOTs) have never been compared. METHODS This cross-sectional survey included representative population-based samples of 602, 601, 620 and 605 men and women aged more than 15 years, respectively, from four FOTs of Guadeloupe, Martinique, French Guiana, and French Polynesia. Hy...

Changing Christianity in Oceania: a Regional Overview