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Press release

609, 2001

The French National AIDS Council declares itself in favour of changes in policy on drug use

6 September 2001|

The National AIDS Council (NAC) observes that recent years have featured major progress in the reduction of the risks generated by the use of drugs, especially where such use is intravenous. It also notes the Lire la suite

1704, 2001

As the case brought by 39 pharmaceutical companies against the government of South Africa is about to restart in Pretoria, the French National AIDS Council (NAC) requests that the companies concerned withdraw their complaint

17 April 2001|

In a report adopted in November 2000, the NAC voiced its support for open access to treatments for HIV/AIDS (antiretrovirals and medication for opportunistic infections). The NAC considers that access to treatment is a decisive Lire la suite

2703, 2001

The right of foreign patients to remain on French soil : The National AIDS Council alerts the authorities

27 March 2001|

Concerned to promote public health and to control the HIV epidemic, the National AIDS Council (NAC) wishes to draw the attention of the Minister of the Interior to the terms on which the right of Lire la suite

1501, 2001

Discrimination at national borders : the French National AIDS Council (NAC) alerts the President of the Republic and the Government

15 January 2001|

The Conseil National du Sida — the French national AIDS council (NAC) — wishes to draw the attention of the President of the Republic and the Government to the obstacles encountered at national borders by Lire la suite

2710, 2000

Position paper “Legal abortion and parental permission : the National AIDS Council remains favourable to confidential access to care for minors”

27 October 2000|

An October 4 last, the Government tabled a bill in the Assemblée Nationale concerning legal abortions and contraception, an issue which was referred by the Presidents of assemblies to the Comité consultatif national d’éthique (CCNE), Lire la suite

2510, 2000

Position paper on the «relapse»

25 October 2000|

A debate on a presumed increase in high-risk sexual behaviour, especially among homosexuals living in Paris, has recently been attracting the attention of the general public. The term "relapse" is commonly used to refer to Lire la suite