The media treatment in certain quarters of the court proceedings concerning the use of infected blood
The National AIDS Council’s mission is to help French society to live with the AIDS epidemic and, through its action, to protect all victims of this epidemic. The recent death of an adolescent suffering from Lire la suite
Press release on the Assemblée nationale’s passing of the amendment regarding the proposal of HIV screening to pregnant women and those due to be married
The National AIDS Council welcomes the passing by the Assemblée Nationale of amendment no. 19 to the statute on sundry social measures (D.M.O.S.) (December 23, 1992). In passing this amendment, which offers HIV screening as Lire la suite
The issue of compulsory screening
The problem of obligatory screening for entire populations is an issue which has already been debated. The European Community, the WHO and all scientific and public health bodies have expressed opposition to this type of Lire la suite
The issue of compulsory screening, signed by the chairman and vice-chairman of the NAC, the director of the ANRS and professor Rozenbaum
The problem of obligatory screening for entire populations is an issue which has already been debated. The European Community, the WHO and all scientific and public health bodies have expressed opposition to this type of Lire la suite
The decision of the government not to institute compulsory or systematic screening
The National AIDS Council welcomes the Government’s decision to refrain from instituting obligatory HIV screening in connection with prenatal and prenuptial medical examinations and during national military service. This decision is in accord with the Lire la suite
The NAC’s position with respect to the film of Hervé Guibert
Following information published in the press, the National AIDS Council wishes to offer the following clarification : The National AIDS Council never requested that the broadcast of the film made by the writer Hervé Guibert, Lire la suite