The Public Health Bill is currently being debated and the National AIDS Council seizes the opportunity to stress once again how important it is to sustain policies designed to inform Lire la suite
On February 26th, following the request of the Minister for Health, Mr Jean-François Mattei, the National AIDS Council approved a "Position paper on the medical assessment procedure for aliens applying Lire la suite
The 11 March 2003, the NAC carried unanimously the report entitle Rethinking the response to HIV/AIDS in the French overseas departments. The evolution of the HIV/AIDS epidemic in the overseas Lire la suite
Over the past few years, the AIDS epidemic has fuelled the development in poor countries of studies supported and initiated by public institutions and research teams from various countries. Research Lire la suite
One year after the implementation of the Law of March 4th 2002 whereby prison sentences can be suspended for medical reasons, only 21 prisoners have benefitted from such a measure. Lire la suite
On January 16th, during the debate on internal security, French Parliament voted an amendment making HIV testing compulsory for suspected rapists. In its Statement of December 12th 2002, the National Lire la suite
With the failure of WTO discussions on access to treatment in poor countries, the National AIDS Council once again sustains the primacy of health rights over intellectual property rights. By Lire la suite
For several weeks now, the National AIDS Council has been addressing the issue of HIV testing for suspected rapists. On the grounds of its ongoing work, the Council wishes to Lire la suite
The National AIDS Council is closely observing the evolution of the public debate on prostitution. While the public authorities are toughening their attitude, the Council advocates policy based on information Lire la suite
Would compulsory testing for Hiv during pregnancy prevent some children from being born with Hiv infection ? In a statement approved unanimously on March 14th 2002, on HIV testing during Lire la suite