Young French people between the ages of 18 and 25, get free condoms in pharmacies from next year, today the president of France announced, Emmanuel Macron.
“A small revolution in prevention” In an action dedicated to the health of young people in a small town in central France, Macron said he acknowledged that more needs to be done in terms of education and sexual health.
Condoms have already been available for free since late 2018, but prescription and the measure was “little known and therefore very ineffective”, Doctor Olivia Son, an infection specialist at Corbeil-Essones Hospital on the outskirts of Paris, told France Info radio station.
Son rated Macron’s statement “positive”a good measurebecause it can “help improve” sexual and public health.
In this sense, he stressed that “[condoms]need to be more accessible”, as “access is more complicated” for the youngest outside of the big cities.
Lack of sex education
The expert also coincided with Macron. lack of knowledge and sexual education convenient, because “18 years old is a little late” and “You can find all kinds of crap on the Internet”.
Macron, accompanied by the Minister of Health, François BraunAppearing in a mask at the event, he said he did so “voluntarily” following his advice.
In recent weeks, the French government, led by Prime Minister Élisabeth Borne, has urged citizens to wear masks on public transport, in crowded places or in areas with frail people, in the face of the recovery in covid infections around the world. country.