From this Tuesday, July 1, 2025, it will be possible for women aged 18 to 25 to obtain a screening kit for sexual infections by self-pronouncement, free and delivered to your home. The online command of the kit will be extended to men “during the second half”, according to a press release from the National Health Insurance Fund (CNAM).
A new prevention measure to combat the resurgence of cases of infection in Chlamydia and Gonococcus. Between 2021 and 2023, the cases of gonorrhea jumped 59 % in men and 46 % in women, while cases of chlamydiosis increased by 10 % in men, according to Public Health France.
Infections which, moreover, do not necessarily have symptoms, hence the need for regular screenings. “Screening is an essential tool for combating the dissemination of these diseases,” insists health insurance. These bacterial sexually transmitted infections (IST) can indeed present serious risks if they are not quickly detected, for women as well as for men, from infertility to extrautterin pregnancies.
– How it works –
As of July 1, women aged 18 to 25 will therefore be able to order this self-pronction kit for free, directly from the mon-test-ist.amli.fr site. In exchange for the kit, it will be necessary to answer a “quick questionnaire of ten questions”. The screening kit will then be delivered “at the place of his choice”. Once the self-procurement has been made, it will be necessary to send it to a laboratory. “The young person (will) be warned of the availability of his results by SMS within five working days,” said health insurance.
The launch of the kit is part of “My IST test”, which has allowed the under 26 to be tested for free and without prescription for four infections: Chlamydia trachomatis, gonococcus, syphilis and hepatitis B.
According to health insurance, sending a self-pronouncement kit has already shown its effectiveness during the “Chlamyweb” experimentation led in 2012 by the National Institute for Health Prevention and Education (INPES). The system had made it possible to multiply “by 3.4 the use of screening for Chlamydiae among young people”, who obviously preferred to have recourse to this solution, rather than to go to a specialist.
AFP
