VIDEO. A saliva test to diagnose endometriosis should be reimbursed “from 2025”, announces Catherine Vautrin

“There is real error in terms of diagnosis”. Guest of France 2’s “4 Truths” on Thursday March 7, the Minister of Health announced that the government was acting so that Social Security could fully cover, “in January 2025”a saliva test to detect endometriosis. “We still have an experiment on 3,000 women until the end of the year, and the elements are extremely interesting”, insisted Catherine Vautrin. To implement this measure, the government is still waiting for the green light from the High Health Authority.

In total, between 10,000 and 20,000 women should be able to benefit from this test, developed in France and the cost of which is estimated at 1,000 euros, according to the minister. But to support this novelty, Catherine Vautrin underlines the need to inform businesses. “Obviously, medical confidentiality must be respected but it is important to explain to human resources departments that today there is a pathology which affects women, which generates consequences on their health, serious consequences and which requires absences. “she insisted.