The Institut de veille sanitaire (InVS; English: French Institute for Public Health Surveillance, literally "Institute of Health Surveillance") was a French public establishment of the Health minister.
The Institut de veille sanitaire was criticized by the press for its lack of response during the European heat wave of 2003 but was cleared by several official commissions.
[3] It brings together surveillance, vigilance and alert missions in all areas of public health.
Created by the law of July 1, 1998, relating to the strengthening of health monitoring and control of the health safety of products intended for humans, InVS saw its field of action supplemented and reinforced by the law of August 9, 2004, on public health policy, in order to respond to the new challenges revealed by recent health crises and emerging risks.
[4] Its first managing director was Jacques Drucker,[5] succeeded by Gilles Brücker in 2002,[6] then Françoise Weber in 2007[7] and François Bourdillon in 2014.