[A feasibility study of an Internet site on health conferences and regional health programs]

With the regulations of April 1996, national and regional health conferences, as well as regional health programmes were created and became mandatory within the health system. In order to promote this multi-disciplinary approach to public health, the Director General for Health and the National School of Public Health wish to distribute, via Internet, all documents developed during these meetings. This data base will be a tool for the groups of regional health programmes and a source of information for both actors in health and consumers. It will be developed in two steps, with the development of a model throughout four regions and then with an overview of the country. This article describes the project approach, the difficulties experienced and the prospects for this data base.