Update on the influenza A vaccination campaign through the centres of Lyon, Toulouse or Suresnes. Different places and practices in different cities and lack of volunteers, while six million French people are invited to get vaccinated. It is necessary to rely on the facilitation of reception to convince the 79% of French people opposed to vaccination. The commentary on factual images alternates with the testimony of a man who would like to be vaccinated but did not receive a good one, the interview of Henri GUARRIGUES, head of vaccination center in Toulouse, and the testimony of a child who has just been vaccinated to protect his little brother.
A report on AIDS, the number of new cases of which is declining in France except for homosexuals. Effort is particularly focused on screening with the forthcoming use of a faster test. Commentary on graphic images and infographic interrupted by an interview with Professor Gilles BRUCKER, Director of the Institute for Health Watch.
Influenza vaccination campaign launched. Comment on factual and archival images, micro-sidewalk and interviews Daniel LEVY-BRUHL (epidemiologist at INVS) and François BRICAIRE (infectiologist at Pitié Salpêtrière).
Reportage Following a controversy launched by the Catholic Church on the research funded by the telethon, Jacques CHIRAC has just publicly defended this association. Excerpt from the speech of Jacques CHIRAC, quotation from the words of Archbishop VINGT-TROIS, fearing the instrumentalization of the human embryo, commentary explaining the functioning of the DPI (Pre-implantation Diagnosis) on laboratory images and infographics and interviews with Dr Julie STEFFAN, from the genetics department at the CHU Necker in Paris, and Laurence TIENNOT-HEMENT, president of the AFM.
Reportage Presentation of the "Semaine du coeur", a campaign to mobilize cardiologists that aims to better prevent heart attacks that affect 120,000 people every year in France. Meeting with two patients who have been victims of infarction, one of whom is still hospitalized, commentary on images of consultations, explanatory synthesis images and infographics, alternating with the interviews of doctors Didier TCHETCHE, Head of the Cardiology Department at Bichat Hospital and Alec VAHANIAN, Head of the Cardiology Department at Bichat Hospital.
Une première mondiale réussie à Bourges. A la suite de l'expédition Shisha, le docteur Philippe Arbeille, professeur de médecine réalise depuis son bureau de Bourges une échographie sur un patient qui est à Katmandou.
Silent document presenting in very close-up, the different parts of a pacemaker, miniature device of stimulation and cardiac regulation. Sequence of installation of the device in cardiac surgery.
Two new cases of mad cow disease have been detected in France. One in Saint-Nicodème (Côtes-d'Armor), the other in Orglandes (Manche). Back to the laboratory that diagnosed two new cases of mad cow in France. These are researchers from Lyon. Today, 18 contaminants have been recorded in France since 1991. The herds of these two farms will be slaughtered. For Philippe Vasseur, Minister of Agriculture, there is no reason to be alarmed.
The work of Swiss, French and Australian doctors is likely to have consequences in the treatment of AIDS. They manage, thanks to AZT, to knock out the virus before the seropositivity starts. Survey in Geneva where a team of doctors, coordinated by researchers, is conducting a study that revealed the benefits of early treatment with AZT within days of contamination. The commentary on images of a medical examination of an HIV-positive patient, infographics, and images shot at Geneva University Hospital, alternates with the interviews of Dr Jean-Luc PERRIN, Virology Department at the University Hospital of Geneva, and Dr Jean-Claude BALAVOINE.
On the eve of the launch of the influenza A vaccination campaign, many French people remain extremely sceptical or even suspicious. This reluctance is often shared by physicians themselves. In hospitals where vaccination began three weeks ago, only 10% of health care workers are vaccinated. The example of a neonatal service in Créteil. To show the example, the Minister of Health, Roselyne BACHELOT, will be vaccinated tomorrow. Comment on factual images alternating with a microsidewalk and the interview of doctor Rémy ASSATHIANY, pediatrician, opposed to the systematic vaccination of children and of doctor Claude DANAN, of the neonatal resuscitation service of the Centre hospitalier intercommunal de Créteil on the vaccination of nurses.
Report on planned measures in the event of a swine flu pandemic. Through the example of a crisis meeting at the hospital of Villeneuve-Saint-George (Val-de-Marne), explanations on the different alert levels and the measures applicable to each threshold. This strict six-phase global pandemic alert procedure is defined by the World Health Organization. The comment on factual images, infographic images and illustration images alternates with the interviews of Dr Olivier PATEY (Head of the Infectious Diseases Department at the Hospital of Villeneuve-St-Georges (Essonne), and Professor Didier HOUSSIN (Director General of Health).
Update on the dioxin crisis in pig meat in Ireland. From farmed pigs to the meat department shows the massive withdrawal of meat from sales in Ireland. The European Commission is urging caution in importing countries, and in France the health authorities are reassuring in view of the level of exposure. Statement by Androulla VASSILIOU, European Commissioner for Health, and an interview with Pascale BRIAND of the AFFSA (French Food Safety Agency) who wants to be reassuring.
A team of French researchers has succeeded in manufacturing large quantities of red blood cells from stem cells grown in the laboratory. A discovery that could eventually make up for the lack of donors. The commentary on images of scientists working in the laboratory, of an operation in a hospital and blood donation, alternates with the interview of Marie-Catherine GIARRATANA, of the laboratory Hématologie CHU of Saint-Antoine, and Luc DOUAY, of the hematology department of the hospital Trousseau (Paris).
A therapeutic vaccine has been found for the AIDS virus. A vaccine that acts as a drug and whose initial trials are encouraging. Triple therapy has reduced mortality but its side effects are important. This requires patients to take breaks in their treatment, while stimulating their immune system. Professor Yves LEVY, from CHU Henri Mondor in Créteil, explains that in order for the immune system to be a good antiviral, he must learn to recognize the virus... Professor Levy’s team has developed two vaccines that stimulate the immune system of patients. These vaccines will never replace treatments but will prolong their effectiveness. Testimonies of two patients with covered faces. Images of a patient and infographics.
A bill currently under discussion in the Senate on bioethics could authorize research on embryos. Human cloning will remain prohibited. Meeting with Jean-Noël, a pioneer in cell therapy following a heart attack treated by Professor Philippe MENASCHE who explains the need to explore the potential of embryonic stem cells. An evocation of the ethical questions surrounding this subject, contested by opponents to the manipulation of the embryo. Alternating commentary on filming images and infographics, and interviews with Professor Philippe MENASCHE (surgeon), Dr Jacques HATZFELD, CNRS and Béatrice JOUANNE, member of an association of patients.
Launch of the National Tuberculosis Campaign, presentation of the means implemented to fight the disease: prevention with the BCG vaccine and care for children (not yet in the active form of the disease) in the Sèvres preventorium.
Report on the current influenza epidemic in France. A comment on factual images and illustration images alternates with the interviews of Dr Pascal CHANSARD, vice-president of "SOS Médecins", Monia KHEDIR, general practitioner, and Régine fière, vaccinated employee of the shelter for elderly dependants (Ehpad) Notre-Dame-de-Bon-Secours in Lyon.
An 18-year-old French woman infected with the AIDS virus at birth is now living without treatment. She has been in remission for 12 years. Comment on factual images of the conference during which a French virologist revealed this news then interviews with Dr Asier SAEZ CIRION, virologist Institut Pasteur, Professor Jean-François DELFRAISSY, Director of ANRS and Professor Jean-Daniel LELIEVRE, Institut de recherche vaccinale de l'Hôpital Mondor de Créteil.