FRANCE:
FRANCE:
As representative of most European trends regarding HIV/AIDS, France’s number of AIDS death is on the decline since the start of the epidemic. Health officials have reported a 25% decrease in reported deaths in 1996 as compared to the year before. In addition, the number of new AIDS cases also decreased with 5486 cases in 1995 to 4847 cases in 1996. Preliminary statistics indicate a continuing decrease in 1997 with 1458 cases as of June. The promising changes have been attributed to effective drug therapies and improved prevention and education programs.
Approaches to the prevention and education of the population are similar to that of other Western nations. In addition, the treatment and healing of HIV/AIDS has primarily remained in the realms of biomedicine. Frequent clinical trials are conducted in the nation that is home to the European Center on AIDS. France's AIDS epidemic has attracted attention for the growing concern regarding their migrant population as well as their cohesive gay community.
European
Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring of AIDS
Spatial
Analysis of the AIDS epidemic in France
The Gay Community:
One risk group of prominence has been among the gay population where prevention efforts have been supported by many community based organizations. Efforts have been made within gay businesses such as bars, clubs, bath houses, sex shops, and erotic movie theaters. An estimated 40% of gay and bisexual men go to businesses where safe sex messages have been imperative. As in the U.S., there is a accessible gay/lesbian support community with numerous resources emphasizing HIV/AIDS education.
Gayscape
Act-UP Paris
La France
Gaie et Lesbienne: the France Queer Resources Directory
Prevention & Education:
Initial governmental efforts targeted the prevention and education of intravenous drug users from the earliest cases of AIDS in France from 1984. However, despite the attention given to IDUs, health authorities have not been successful in reducing the number of AIDS cases in this risk population. IDU-AIDS cases increased from 20.8% in 1988 to 26.5% in 1991.
Separation
between HIV-positive women and their children
Risk
Factors for Prison Entrants
France
pays AIDS victims
Migrants
Against HIV/AIDS
Sexual
behaviour and HIV epidemiology: comparative analysis in France and Britain
Reporting
Delay of AIDS
Treatment & Healing:
Biomedical:
French
HIV treatment directory
Drug
Resistance
Therapeutic
Trials
Kala-azar
MDR-TB
and HIV
Medical
Cost of HIV infection in France
Doctor
Refusing AIDS abortion
Alternative:
Care
for People with HIV
Home
Intensive Care
Toit
du Monde: A Humanitarian Medical Association
Community Based Organizations:
Organizations
and Associations: comprehensive list for all populations
HIVNet
Paris
France-Poland
and Community Based Organizations
European Centre for the Epidemiological Monitoring
of AIDS
14 rue du Val d'Osne
94415 Saint-Maurice cedex France