2024-08-30 03:30:06
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One less step can make a difference. From September you no longer need to consult a doctor or go to a free Information, Screening and Diagnostic Center (Cegidd) to find out if you are infected with the bacteria that cause syphilis, gonorrhea or chlamydia, or the hepatitis B virus. Just open the door to the nearest medical biology laboratory.
These four sexually transmitted infections (STIs) are “Common in the human population and can have a significant impact on the health of women and men”recalls Dr. Maud Giacopelli, who is responsible for HIV-STI-hepatitis screening policy at the Directorate General of Health (DGS). According to general practice sexually transmitted infection surveillance data, between 2020 and 2022, the incidence of chlamydia infection in mainland France increased by 16%, the incidence of gonococcal infection increased by 91%, and the incidence of syphilis infection increased by 110%. As for hepatitis B, according to the results of the LaboHep survey conducted by the French Ministry of Public Health, the number of people diagnosed as positive for hepatitis B increased by 10% between 2016 and 2021.
The new system was developed as part of the National Sexual Health Strategy to “Reduce the risk of missed testing opportunities”because we know him ‘It’s not always easy to talk to your doctor about sexual health’“, explains the head of the DGS. By simplifying procedures, we increase the chance that infected people will be detected early and receive treatment quickly, which helps “Break the chain of transmission.”
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This simplified circuit should find its audience if we believe the first results of the HIV test, a device that can screen for HIV for free in medical biology laboratories without a prescription: only in 2022, that is, its In its first year of existence, nearly 250,000 people have used it. This measure not only improved the overall level of HIV testing; “Reaching people who haven’t necessarily been screened for this virus” Maud Giacopelli believes that AIDS is the main cause of AIDS and she hopes “Replicating this positive effect in screening for other sexually transmitted infections”.
“Allow de-dramatization”
People under 26 don’t have to pay anything as long as they have a Vitale card or state medical aid. Why is there this age standard? Dr. Pascal Pugliese, a doctor at Nice University Hospital and former president of the French Society Against AIDS (SFLS), explained that because young people are more sexually active, they know less about prevention methods and are particularly concerned about the increase in sexually transmitted infections. working group.
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