Here is Eden, the first condom reimbursed by the Secu!

The Ministry of Health is responsible for the reimbursement by the Health Insurance of condoms. This measure to make prevention more effective will come into force in less than two weeks and will concern Eden condoms, manufactured by a French laboratory.

A measure just to mark the coup?

After the emergence of vegan and ecological condoms, Health Minister Agnès Buzyn announced that male condoms will be reimbursed by Health Insurance, and this, from December 10, 2018 according to a publication of the Quotidien du Médecin of November 27, 2018 containing a press release Majorelle Laboratories (PDF in French / 3 pages).

"Our mission is to correct inequalities and market failures in order to provide better access to essential medicines for the greatest number of people and especially for the poor. Our development philosophy is very different from conventional pharmaceutical companies in that economic profitability is not our first criterion of choice. " , can we read on the website of Majorelle Laboratories.

This is also a measure to mark the World AIDS Day of 1 December 2018. It should be noted that the reimbursement will only concern Eden® condoms in clbadic size and XL and only in case of prescription made by a doctor or a midwife. In addition, only the male condom will be reimbursed and nothing has been mentioned about the female condom.

On the other hand, let's mention the fact that he is here question of a partial refund. Indeed, the measure provides that the Health Insurance reimburses the condoms in question up to 60%. Regarding the selling price, we are at 1.30 euro the box of 6 condoms, 2.60 euros the box of 12 and finally, 5.20 euros the box of 24.

AIDS is affecting more and more seniors in France

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), 36.7 million people were living with HIV at the end of 2016. That same year, nearly 1.8 million people were infected and 1 million died of AIDS.

According to a recent survey of Public Health France, 20% of new HIV-positive people in our country are seniors (over 50 years old) The survey looked at discoveries of HIV seropositivity among seniors between 2008 and 2016 and compared these numbers with those of adults aged 25-49. The most alarming fact concerns the delay of diagnosis. In fact, the elderly are more numerous than the others to have discovered their seropositivity at an advanced stage of infection.

Sources: The Doctor's Daily – Le Figaro – Doctissimo

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