In Aix-en-Provence, a gynecologist star of social networks joins the national campaign against the papillomavirus

Incredible but true ! Emmanuel Macron contacted Olivier Marpeau, a surgeon-gynecologist from Aix who is a hit on social networks with his videos without taboos around gynecological problems. “I leave the operating room, I look at my Instagram and I had received a private message by an account from the Élysée”, he says, still under the effect of surprise. A message that the President addressed to him in person for the launch of the vaccination campaign against the papillomavirus.

Emmanuel Macron has just announced the establishment of a free vaccination campaign in colleges for 5th graders to fight against these highly contagious sexually transmitted viruses that can develop into cancer. The infection is responsible for 6,000 new cases of cancer and 30,000 precancerous lesions of the cervix each year.

The choice of Emmanuel Macron is not the result of chance. Videos by Olivier Marpeau or mon.gyneco hit the bull’s eye with young people on social networks. In just six months, the practitioner already has 750,000 subscribers on Instagram, Facebook or TikTok. With the help of his wife, he publishes three times a week, from his home, very noticed videos on serious subjects. The surgeon-gynecologist, who has been practicing for 20 years in a private hospital, gives advice to women and answers all their questions relating to his specialty, with humor and without taboos.

Fighting against misconceptions, explaining without taboos, that’s his hobbyhorse. His patients, who still remain his priority, inspire him to create his videos. “I’m just trying to scan all ages and talk about as many first consultations with the gynecologist at 16, 17 years old during the first reports and to go as far as the hot flashes of menopausal women, urinary leakage, passing by breast cancer, really addressing all the subjects”, he explains.