Condoms available from newsagents, tobacconists and pharmacies

Condoms were available in some newsagents, tobacconists and pharmacies in a sustainable manner in order to increase the use and so the fight against HIV and other sexually transmitted infections (STIs).
An awareness campaign
This device was presented at a press conference organized by the Minister of Health and Solidarity Xavier Bertrand and partners of this action, including Aides.

The minister recalled that in France, about 90 million condoms were sold, which is "two times less than neighboring countries," he said. At the same time, "the number of HIV infections and other sexually transmitted infections did not decline," he noted.

The provision in many outlets, including youth, a condom low price, 20 cents (while the average price of condoms is 50 cents), aims to improve the prevention of HIV and STIs.

This initiative responds to a request by President Jacques Chirac, who evoked including condoms to 20 cents in secondary schools.

It thus takes a campaign for the provision of condoms at a fair in pharmacies, which was conducted in 1994 but have been perpetuated.

Initially, cases of five condoms euro, manufactured by Innolatex were sold in over 15,000 newsagents in France and in more than 6,000 tobacconists.

An experiment was carried out successfully in the Côte-d'Or where condoms were 20 cents available at tobacconists: in three months, more than 120,000 condoms were sold in 115 outlets (one responsible for the experience has, however, recognized that this high figure was partly due to an effect of storage by people who believed that such an operation would be short-lived).

This initiative is sponsored by the TV host caueter was led by newspaper publisher Hachette Filipacchi, the magazine launched Interview display promoting condom use campaigns. The case of condoms also uses the slogan "Make love," the love o being replaced by a condom campaigns Interview.

Meanwhile, the manufacturer Polidis conditioned its Reflex Condoms Condom in case one condom at 20 cents, sold again in pharmacies and potentially increasing the number of outlets to 23,000.

Xavier Bertrand reiterated his desire to provision of condoms to 20 cents in hospitals. An experiment is proposed to health facilities in the Ile-de-France, Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur, Rhône-Alpes, Martinique, Guadeloupe, Guyana.

He hopes to run a provision in community centers, youth clubs and culture, cinemas, nightclubs ... In high schools, he wants the widespread installation of condom vending machines at 20 cents.

Condoms in schools
The Ministry of Education issued a circular to all the presidents in order to extend a system for heterogeneous moment, since only half of the institutions makes condoms available (via distributors or nurses), but "not always 20 cents, distributors are also not always being provided regularly. "

President of Aides, Christian Saout, has also complained that the Minister of National Education, Gilles de Robien, has been slow to take a more pressing engagement "being put in place a" plan grammar 'than accelerate the provision of condoms. "

Christian Saout stressed the need to include this initiative in favor of condoms in duration. "It's a gap, but do not believe it's over."

Especially since it is not only young people, at first intercourse, the condom is underutilized, but also in older people due to "fatigue".

In addition, unprotected in the homosexual population ratios persist, as noted by the director of the Institute for Public Health Surveillance (VS) Gilles Brucker, which leads to increased contamination, representing homosexuals in 2005 27 % of new diagnoses, versus 23% in 2004 and 21% in 2003.

Five million male condoms and a million female condoms were distributed free, Xavier Bertrand said that he wanted to be made available a second-generation female condom, recalling that the female condom is "often the only way for Women can protect themselves. "