Male condoms can now be prescribed by doctors and reimbursed by health insurance. The Minister of Health Agnès Buzyn announced it on France Inter this Tuesday, November 27, then confirmed it in a press release. This preventive measure aims to relaunch the fight against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), after the survey which revealed that one in two young people do not protect themselves and a few days before World AIDS Day this Saturday. 1st December.
This coverage by Social Security concerns both women and men. On prescription from a doctor or a midwife, they will be able to receive from December 10 a box of 6, 12 or 24 condoms in pharmacies.
The condom, a basic tool for prevention
“There is a medical device, the condom, which asked to be evaluated by the High Authority for Health. [Et cette dernière] issued a favorable opinion for the reimbursement of a brand of condoms at a very low cost », explained Agnès Buzyn on the air. This brand was not named by the Minister, but theorder of November 21, 2018 specifies that it would be the “EDEN lubricated male condom from MAJORELLE Laboratories”, in classic and XL sizes.
” The 2018-2020 roadmap of the national sexual health strategy plans to improve the sexually transmitted infection health pathway”, explains in its press release the Ministry of Solidarity and Health. It recalls that despite the wide range of prevention, which ranges from screening to preventive treatment and post-exposure to HIV, ” The preservative […] remains the basic tool ».
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