Since Monday, December 10, health professionals can prescribe male condoms to their patients. Doctors, midwives and gynecologists now have the opportunity to advise a condom reimbursed at 60% by Social Security. This health insurance coverage only concerns condomsof the Eden brand manufactured by the Majorelle laboratory. The rest can be reimbursed by the mutual.
These condoms are sold only in pharmacies, unlike other condoms available in supermarkets. Eden condoms are available in boxes of 6, 12 or 24..
This unprecedented reimbursement for a male condom is a public health issue since the condom is an essential tool for preventing sexually transmitted infections (STIs). With this support, the aim is to make the condom more accessible, particularly among young populations.
Prevent STIs
This incentive to wear condoms comes against a backdrop of an increase in STIs in France. The diagnoses ofsexually transmitted infections (STIs) due to bacteria chlamydiaand gonococcus tripled between 2012 and 2016, mainly affecting young people aged 15 to 24, underlined in July 2018 the agency Public Health France. Only one in two students always use a condomduring a sexual intercourse, recalled an OpinionWay survey published on November 20, 2018.
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