Table 4.

Structures set up to improve health safety and prevention as part of the responsibilities of the state in the French national health system

* National Biomedicine Agency (ABM)

* French Food Safety Agency (AFFSA),

* French Health Products Safety Agency (AFSSAPS),

* French Environmental Health Safety Agency (AFSSE),

* National School of Public Health (ENSP),

* French Blood Institute (EFS),

* French National Health Authority (HAS),

* National Institute for Health Education and Prevention (INPES),

* Health Surveillance Institute (InVS, CDC equivalent),

* French Nuclear Protection and Safety Institute (IRSN).