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22 03, 2002

HIV testing pregnancy : the National AIDS Council continues to advocate voluntary testing

22 March 2002|Tags: , , , , |

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

8 02, 2002

Doha Declaration ineffectual ? The National AIDS Council is concerned that the Bangui Agreements will jeopardize health care in Africa

8 February 2002|Tags: , , , , , |

By acknowledging the primacy of public health requirements over trade rules in developing countries, the Doha Declaration of November 2001 raised the hopes of better access to affordable medicines for Lire la suite

6 09, 2001

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

6 September 2001|Tags: , , , , , , |

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 Lire la suite

17 04, 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|Tags: , , , , |

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 Lire la suite

27 03, 2001

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

27 March 2001|Tags: , , , , |

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 Lire la suite

15 01, 2001

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

15 January 2001|Tags: , , , , |

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 Lire la suite

27 10, 2000

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

27 October 2000|Tags: , , , , , |

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 Lire la suite

25 10, 2000

Position paper on the «relapse»

25 October 2000|Tags: , , , , |

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 Lire la suite

5 04, 2000

Confidential access to healthcare for adolescents under 18 years of age : the NAC recommends that a special exception should be made to the principle of parental authority

5 April 2000|Tags: , , , , , |

The National AIDS Council unanimously approves a Report and Opinion on the issue of confidential access to care for adolescents under 18 years of age, an issue referred to the Lire la suite

1 12, 1999

World AIDS Day : NAC meets the President of the Republic

1 December 1999|Tags: , , , , |

The National AIDS Council’s delegation, led by its Chairman, Professor Jean-Albert Gastaut, emphasized to President Chirac not only the importance of keeping the fight against AIDS as a programme apart, Lire la suite