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Sarah Elzas

Paris

Editor and Reporter at Radio France Internationale (RFI)

Co-Host, Spotlight on France at Radio France Internationale (RFI)

Journalist @RFI_En @RFI 📻 Makes #SpotlightonFrance podcast https://t.co/dtYvW2DVQY 📩 Newsletter: https://t.co/VeBRe6Cejr

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  • 6 days ago | rfi.fr | Sarah Elzas

    France's national medicines safety agency (ANSM) has been alerted to shortages of 14 psychiatric medications since the start of the year – including sertraline, an antidepressant sold under brand names including Zoloft and widely prescribed to treat depression and anxiety disorders. Patients prescribed sertraline and some other psychiatric drugs have had to visit multiple pharmacies to have their prescriptions filled – if they are able to at all. "We're having a lot of trouble getting these drugs.

  • 6 days ago | rfi.fr | Sarah Elzas

    "There are 65 million people in France. If each gives one hour, imagine what we could do? We can change the world," says Atanase Périfan. He is behind L'Heure civique (the Civic Hour), a project that recruits people to volunteer an hour of their time each month to do tasks in their communities – tending to someone’s garden, helping with grocery shopping or giving homework help, for example.

  • 6 days ago | ca.news.yahoo.com | Sarah Elzas

    With its strong social safety net, France has not traditionally been a country with a strong culture of volunteerism. But that may be changing, with a new initiative to encourage people to give an hour of their time each month to help their neighbours. "There are 65 million people in France. If each gives one hour, imagine what we could do? We can change the world," says Atanase Périfan.

  • 1 week ago | htsyndication.com | Sarah Elzas

    France, June 1 -- With its strong social safety net, France has not traditionally been a country with a strong culture of volunteerism. But that may be changing, with a new initiative to encourage people to give an hour of their time each month to help their neighbours. "There are 65 million people in France. If each gives one hour, imagine what we could do? We can change the world," says Atanase Perifan.

  • 1 week ago | rfi.fr | Sarah Elzas

    When Antanase Perifan held the very ferist Neighbours party in his flat in 1999, it did not start out very well. Today, the Neighbours party is supported by 5,000 cities and millions of people across France get together on the last Friday of May to get to know their neighbours. More in the Spotlight on France podcast, episode 129, listen here: https://rfi.my/Bh18.y Read more on related topics: Video

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Sarah Elzas
Sarah Elzas @toucanradio
28 Sep 23

RT @RFI_En: Episode 💯of #SpotlightonFrance, the podcast that brings you news & insights about 🇫🇷 🎧▶️Police officers back in school, to ref…

Sarah Elzas
Sarah Elzas @toucanradio
15 Sep 23

We're back, with a new #SpotlightonFrance podcast episode!

RFI English
RFI English @RFI_En

The #SpotlightonFrance podcast is back after a summer break! In this episode: the legacy of the 2003 heatwave, 15-minute city conspiracies, and France's first high-speed train. Listen below or wherever you get your podcasts 🎧 https://t.co/khJz3ICyxF

Sarah Elzas
Sarah Elzas @toucanradio
29 Jun 23

RT @RFI_En: Latest #SpotlightonFrance podcast episode ▶️How Rouen, a city on the Seine far from the sea, became France's largest grain port…