Il y a dix ans on comptait environ 40 000 adoptions internationales de mineurs dans le monde, très concentrées dans quelques pays d’origine (Chine et Russie) et quelques pays d’accueil (en premier lieu les États-Unis). Entre 2004 et 2013, le nombre d’adoptions internationales de mineurs...

Every other year, Population and Societies publishes a special issue called The population of the world, presenting an overall picture of the situation across the globe. There are slightly more than 7 billion humans on the planet in 2013. The world population has risen seven-fold over the last...

In most developed countries, fertility has declined in response to the economic crisis. France appears to be anexception, but without the crisis, the total fertility rate,which had been increasing for several years, would have continued its upward trend and exceeded 2 children per woman. Trends...

The ANRS-EN12-VESPA 2003 survey interviewed a national, representative sample of the HIV-positive population attending hospital outpatient services. Conducting the survey in a hospital made it easier to identify and contact HIV-positive patients, but involved various biases : the role of the...

Research shows that lifetime socioeconomic circumstances are associated with adult health. Yet most studies to date have focused on mortality and additional data on morbidity outcomes are needed. Additionally, most research in this area has been conducted in Northern European countries or in the...

Résumé Ce texte présente la synthèse de travaux de recherches menées en France et en Algérie par A. Thebaud et F. Lert sur la tuberculose et l'application du traitement anti-tuberculeux. La tuberculose constitue un des meilleurs indicateurs sanitaires de l'inégalité sociale. Cette...

Résumé In industrialised countries the treatment of tuberculosis was one of the first public health services to appear at the beginning of the 20th century. This initiative represented a departure from the usual measures set up by public health specialists for improving living and...

The French system for drug substitution, or maintenance treatment, established in 1996, differs from the often strict conditions attached to methadone clinics in other countries. Because of the predominant role of general practitioners and the flexible prescription rules for Subutex® in...