France: doctors will prescribe condoms with medical prescription to be reimbursed – Deutsche Welle

The French Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn, announced today that doctors would be able to prescribe condoms whose price would be reimbursed by social security.

"From now on, a young man, man or woman, presenting particular risks or not, will be able to go to see his doctor and obtain condoms (which will be refunded to him on medical prescription)", declared the minister in a interview granted to the radio "France Inter".

The French Minister of Health, Agnès Buzyn (Reuters).

This action will only be the subject of a condom mark, although Mr. Buzyn has not indicated any of it. According to the minister, the decision comes from the High Authority for Health (HAS), an independent public authority contributing to the regulation of health, which has given a favorable opinion to the proposal to repay "a brand of condoms at very low cost" [19659009] "Every year, 6,000 new cases are registered", including 800 to 1,000 among young people under 25 who "often use the condom during their first badual relationship but not in future meetings," explained Minister. (efe, Le Figaro)