In the fight against HIV / AIDS , " the condom is really critical! " Said the minister. "In this regard , the government wants to give a strong signal that the price will decrease instead of increase on 1 January as planned , the rate of VAT applied to them will drop from 7 to 5.5 %. . "
Marisol Touraine " hopes that manufacturers play the game by passing this decline, the economy will amount to ten or twenty cents per box . This should encourage both young and old to better protect and promote contraception, another of my priorities. " " By making an effort on the condom , it secures the entrance to all the sexual life," she adds .
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Asked about the fact that the number of infections continues to rise among homosexuals, Marisol Touraine points out that " we are not all equal before the risk of AIDS. Both populations are most at risk homosexuals and migrant women. The best solution is to conduct targeted prevention policies but also screening . "
For this, the Minister recommends including the development of rapid tests "on the ground in contact with the gay community , for example ." On the launch of the sale of self-tests in 2014 as it had announced in early November , Marisol Touraine recalls that " France is the first country in Europe to give the green light ." " The process is well underway : one wishing to market a self-test company has already made known ," she said.
In an interview published on the occasion of the World Day against AIDS December 1 , the Minister ensure that this battle "remains a government priority , even in a constrained fiscal environment ."
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