Appearing at the very beginning of the 20th century in Congo, AIDS now affects more than 36 million people worldwide. In France, in 2016, 6003 people discovered their HIV status, and 44% of these people are gay and bisexual men
Report at a daycare centre in Marseille funded by the organization Sol En Si and which welcomes children from 3 months to 6 years old from families in social distress, some HIV positive, others HIV negative. Evocation of resistance encountered by the association (neighbourhood reluctance)
The Ministry of Health is launching a national AIDS information campaign to raise awareness among young people about the risks of HIV transmission. Excerpt from the press conference of Michèle BARZACH, Minister of Health, followed by interviews with Jean-Jacques BEINEIX and Michèle BARZACH.
Following a report on the subject, a recorded interview with Professor Gérard SAIMOT, Claude-Bernard Hospital, about the cancer of male homosexuals (Kaposi’s sarcoma) that appeared in France. This disease is detected by a simple clinical examination and by biological examinations, there is no perfectly effective therapeutic, the study of cases should allow to know the causes "why homosexuals", and better prevention. It is not proven that "poppers" have a direct role in the development of this disease, but in doubt it is necessary to abstain.
In a context of the spread of AIDS in France and the lack of knowledge of the disease, point in Marseille with the association AIDES Marseille and its president Dr Thierry GAMBY explaining the methods of prevention.
On the occasion of the Sixth World AIDS Day, an update on the situation of drug addicts: nearly one in two in France is HIV-positive, while there are only two needle exchange programmes in the country. Report on the "Drug Addiction and AIDS" mission of Médecins du Monde whose bus allows the distribution of sterile needles and condoms.
After the outbreak of AIDS in 1981 in the United States, France is in turn affected with 53 cases. Meeting with two physicians who provide details about the disease and its mode of contamination. Interviews with Dr. Patrice MEYER, David KLATZMANN, Immunologist, Pitié Salpêtrière, and Georges MATHE, Cancer Specialist, Paul Brousse Hospital.
En 30 ans le sida a fait 80000 morts en France. Rétrospective consacrée à l'évolution des traitements contre la maladie. Interviewé, le professeur Willy Rozenbaum revient sur les débuts des traitements proposés. Laurence Weiss, chef de service d'immunologie à l'Hôpital européen Georges Pompidou explique : "Aujourd'hui c'est révolutionnaire puisqu'on a des traitements en un comprimé par jour...".
On the eve of the World AIDS Day, an overview of the disease in France. Interviews with Professor Willy ROZELBAUM, and Thierry LESELLIER, Head of Communication Sida Info Service, about the relaxation of prevention and an increase of disease in precarious populations.
On the occasion of the World AIDS Day, Frédéric MITTERRAND invited Line RENAUD, who chairs the AACS (Association des artistes contre le Sida), on the stage, who appeals to the generosity of viewers.
The blood donor questionnaire will be amended to no longer ask for the sexual orientation of donors. So homosexuals will be able to donate their blood. Commentary on factual images alternating with interviews with Edouard BOUGUERET, psychiatrist, François BERDOUGO, spokesperson for inter LGBT
At the Lycée Montaigne in Paris, discussion with first class students about AIDS. Teenagers say they have trouble feeling concerned because they are misinformed, and that even if they can consider condom use, they will continue to "do as before".
In Marseille, a young employee of the savings bank, Philippe NARDINI, claims that he was fired because he is HIV positive. The management of the establishment justifies its decision by an incompatibility of mood. It is the council of the prud'hommes that will have to rule in a few days. The commentary on factual images (demonstration of the CGT, meeting of the council of the prud'hommes) alternates with the interviews of Philippe NARDINI, his lawyer Jean-Luc GUASCO who speaks of wrongful dismissal, and Alain VIDAL NAQUET, lawyer Caisse d'Epargne, on the impossibility of the young man to assimilate himself to a group.
Report devoted to the two types of tests that you can do yourself to test for AIDS virus: a blood test and a salivary test. An estimated 30,000 people are unaware of their HIV status. To encourage screening, the government is considering marketing in pharmacy as early as 2014, testing to do yourself. These tests will be added to the rapid tests proposed by the associations Commentary on illustration images and images of an AIDES bus, alternating with interviews with Professor Gilles PIALOUX, head of the Department of Infectious Diseases Hospital tenon, and Bruno SPIRE, president of the Aids association, and the testimony of Clovis TSHIBUABUA, actor.
The Catholic Church of France has lifted the taboo of the condom while warning against the trivialization of the sexual act. In a report released today entitled "Sida, The Society in question", the social commission of the French episcopate admits that the use of condoms is "necessary" to prevent the transmission of the AIDS virus. The commentary on images of the episcopate’s commission, and the titles of the book, alternates with the interview of Bishop Albert ROUET, bishop of Poitiers, president of the social commission of the French episcopate.
A retrospective on the case of tainted blood, which has just been definitively closed today after 18 years of judicial struggle. A first trial took place in 1992 with the sentence of Michel Garretta to 4 years in prison, and second in 1999 with the judgment of Laurent Fabius, Georgina Dufoix and Edmond Hervé. Comment on archive photos and images and illustration images. Archival images of the judicial investigation of 1992 with the appearance of Michel Garretta, former director of the National Centre for Blood Transfusion (CNTS). Michel Garretta’s reaction to the journalists about the large number of accused in this case. Images of the archives of the judicial investigation of 1999: arrival of Laurent Fabius, Georgina Dufoix, Edmond Hervé at the Palace of Justice. Archival images of the judicial investigation of 1999: press conference of Sylvie Jouy, civil party about its contamination.
At the same time as AIDS research, laboratories are developing medicines to combat diseases linked to the action of the virus. Interview with Jean Pierre COULAUD, Claude Bernard Hospital, on antibiotics that can be given to people with AIDS.
A giant condom, pink, on the obelisk, is the operation of the Act Up activists at the Concorde in Paris on the occasion of World AIDS Day. This action is funded by the Benetton brand which may have wanted to buy back a drive after its highly controversial advertising campaign on HIV tattoos. Commentary on images of the implementation of the giant condom this morning at 7am with intervention of the CRS, and interview of Cleews VELLAY, president of Act Up, which denounces the weakness of prevention in France, recalls the message of this operation "Aids, stop this slaughter" and deplores the attitude of the police.
In the Maritime Alps, one in 100 women carries the AIDS virus. This is double that of Paris, which has the highest rate of HIV. In 70% of cases women are contaminated by intravenous drug use. If advised to terminate their pregnancy, they remain free to keep their child or not The commentary on images of the hospital center of Nice, alternates with the interview of Professor Jean-Yves GILLET, chief gynecologist-obstetric at the CHU of Nice, and the reaction of two mothers about the screening.