Free condoms in pharmacies will be extended to minors, said Friday, December 9, Emmanuel Macron, who had announced the day before the launch of this measure for 18-25 year olds from January.
” Yesterday I announced that condoms, from 1er next January, would be free for 18-25 year olds “Recalls the Head of State, in a video made in Alicante, on the sidelines of a European summit. ” It’s a small prevention revolution, it’s essential for our young people to protect themselves during their sexual relations, but I was taken to task by many, at least by some of you, on the fact that many of our young people, minors, had sexual relations and that they also had to be able to protect themselves, that they could have the same financial constraints. »
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And to add: “So I say banco, let’s go. so we are going to make the teams work to extend this measure to minors. I think it’s a very good prevention policy to enable all young people to protect themselves. “Go out covered”, as the great authors say. »
If the terms of this care remain to be specified, the Minister of Health, François Braun, assured Friday that “It’s going to be very simple: 100% reimbursement by Social Security”, “without prescription”. “One of the major challenges is the health of young people” in a context of “recovery of sexually transmitted infections (STIs), which are a major cause of infertility”argued the minister on BFM-TV and RMC.
Free extended screening
In the video broadcast on Friday, Emmanuel Macron also promises that the free screening in force for HIV will be extended to other pathologies and other viruses. “We will continue to strengthen our health prevention policy, regular diagnostics and screening at older ages, go further on vaccination against certain viruses. I am thinking of the papillomavirus”he adds.
In recent years, the number of new cases of HIV infection has not decreased in France, stagnating around 5,000 in 2021. In addition, according to Public Health France, 15% of people who discovered their HIV status in 2021 were elderly. under 25, and the share of this age group has not fallen since 2017.