Emmanuel Macron announced this Thursday, December 8 that access to condoms would be free in pharmacies for young people aged 18 to 25 from January 1, 2023.
” In pharmacies, the condom will be free for 18/25 year olds. It will start on January 1. It’s a small prevention revolution “, said the President of the Republic, Emmanuel Macron, during a session of the National Council for Refoundation (CNR) devoted to the health of young people in Fontaine-le-Comte near Poitiers, in Vienne.
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Condoms have already been reimbursed by Social Security on prescription from a doctor or midwife since December 10, 2018, an additional tool to fight against AIDS and sexually transmitted infections. The measure concerns the delivery of boxes of 6, 12 or 24 condoms in pharmacies, the Ministry of Health had then detailed.
Two brands of male condoms, Eden and Exit covered!, are currently covered up to 60% by health insurance, the remaining 40% being covered by complementary health insurance for those who have it.
The sexual health of young people, a real subject »
More broadly, Emmanuel Macron considered that “ about sexual health ” of young people, ” we have a real subject “. He notably mentioned the vaccination of adolescents, girls and boys, against papillomavirus infections, linked to the appearance of several cancers.
” It’s a huge job of information. We have to get him back to school, we have to multiply and we will make this investment “, he pleaded.“ Me, I do not exclude that we go towards compulsory vaccination when all this will be installed and that we will have the right recommendations. scientists, he insisted.
As for sex education“ we are not good at this. The reality is very, very far from the theory. We must train our teachers much better on this subject, we must raise awareness “, argued the head of state.
The Social Security budget bill adopted last week also provides for free emergency contraception for all women, without medical prescription. The text also made it possible to screen for certain sexually transmitted infections without a prescription for everyone, and free of charge for those under 26.
(With AFP)