VIH/sida

HIV/AIDS

HIV, or Human Immunodeficiency Virus, is a sexually transmitted human retrovirus. It weakens the immune system, and if left untreated, leads to AIDS.

Our missions

  • Monitoring the epidemiological trends of HIV infection and AIDS

  • Provide data to help adapt HIV prevention and control programs

  • Informing stakeholders, policymakers, and the general public and encouraging the adoption of preventive behaviors

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In brief

Videos, infographics, key statistics, expert interviews… Find the latest news and key information on HIV/AIDS here

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Encouraging Trends in HIV Testing in France in 2025

Ahead of World AIDS Day on December 1, Santé publique France has released the latest data on HIV, showing encouraging trends: an increase in testing and a decline in the number of new HIV...

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Journée mondiale du sida, 1er décembre

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World AIDS Day 2025: Promoting Prevention to Combat the Transmission of HIV and ...

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Launch of the 2023 “Sexual Behavior” (ERAS) Survey for men who have sex with men

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WATCH THE VIDEO DECEMBER 1, 2021

Questions of the week: What impact is the COVID-19 pandemic having on HIV and ST...

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Hépatite C

Hepatitis C

thematic dossier

Hepatitis C is a viral infection primarily transmitted through blood. Screening for the disease is crucial to ensuring that infected individuals receive the treatments that can now lead to a cure.

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Sexual health

thematic dossier

Santé publique France focuses in particular on four areas of sexual health: sexually transmitted infections, including HIV; contraception; combating discrimination; and violence.

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Don de sang

Blood donation

thematic dossier

Santé publique France coordinates the epidemiological surveillance of blood donors and helps assess the risk that a blood donation may be infected with a pathogen transmissible through transfusion.

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