In Seine Saint Denis, the “Aide à l’oreille activists” are there to promote screening among the population: “Seine-Saint-Denis is a department whose population has a high prevalence of HIV »summarizes Yancey, one of its members. The article specifies: according to a 2022 press release from the Health Insurance Fund, the department is “ in second position among the most affected departments in mainland France, behind Paris”.
“The fight against the HIV epidemic is political”
The newspaper continues in its momentum, and subtitles its section “Great precariousness” by citing the latest figures concerning sexually transmitted diseases:
“In its monitoring report on HIV and sexually transmitted infections (STIs) published in October, Public Health France recalls that 57% of the 5,500 contamination discoveries in 2023 concerned people born abroad, particularly in sub-Saharan Africa (38%). ». “But we must also remember that 42% of seroconversions occur on French territory according to the same results,” specifies Nolwenn, countering possible racist rhetoric. Migrants are often in great precariousness, far from care pathways, little informed about Prep (preventive treatment to avoid being contaminated) and are unfortunately more exposed to infections. (Liberation, ‘ Fight against HIV: in Saint-Denis, Aides activists listen to migrants’, 11/29/2024)’
After a certain Nina took a blood test from a certain Pascal, Congolese, whom she almost disputes for not having claimed the AME, the young woman and Camille Spire, president of the association, speak out. For the first, “The fight against the HIV epidemic is political”, she huffs after another cigarette. Hold. ” Today, 49% of people eligible for AME do not use itrecalls Camille Spire, president of Aides, reached by telephone. But for migrant populations, without AME, they have no access to care or treatment. So the virus continues to spread. Removing or modifying the AME would be indecent for patients and terribly ineffective in terms of public health.” .
“We need to review the migrant reception policy…”
The article recalls an objective: “ By 2030, France wants to have eradicated AIDS. For this, the action alone of associations like Aides will not be enough. On the phone, Camille Spire calls him again: ‘We must review the policy for welcoming migrants, promoting their access to care.’”
Reading the scientific article, we can see some additional data, such as “ This increase [5500 personnes touchées en 2023] particularly affects people born abroad, particularly among them, women infected through heterosexual intercourse and men who have sex with men (MSM). ”, or again: “ Over the entire period 2012-2023, the reduction in the number of HIV discoveries is 10%. This reduction is more marked among MSM born in France (-36%) and can in particular be explained by a more frequent use of screening than other populations, allowing more rapid treatment of HIV-positive people, and by the use of pre-exposure prophylaxis (PrEP) for some of them. ».
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