ALCOOLIQUES ANONYMES
Read moreKnown throughout the world, the AA provides free support and support to people in their daily, or chronic, distress in the face of alcohol and help them get out. They also support families and friends of alcoholics. It is always the first step that costs and recognises that alcohol is dependent on alcohol before we start the famous twelve-step programme suggested by an association where sharing remains the watchword for a new life in the face of a scourge that affects more and more young people.
LIGUE CONTRE LE CANCER
Read moreThe action areas of the League against cancer are research, patient assistance, prevention, information and screening. Her Cancer Home service consists of 10 volunteer mentors and 4 psychologists providing assistance to all individuals and families who wish to be informed and supported. In turn, you can support the action of the League against Cancer, of course by donating, but also by volunteering to act with patients.
PLANNING FAMILIAL DES BOUCHES-DU-RHÔNE
Read moreEven in Marseille, the second largest city in France, there are few family planning centres. Four, since the centre of the Francois-Harvest Street, which had several years of uncertainty, closed definitively. On the other hand, at National Boulevard, the premises are new, the reception hotlines with medical practitioners are frequent and without appointment (Monday morning and afternoon Monday to Friday). To obtain consultation with a doctor, possibly an abortion orientation, an appointment must be made.
ASUD MARSEILLE
Read moreA collective of associations, Asud was born in Paris almost 20 years ago at the worst time of the AIDS epidemic among drug users. Today, the association is playing on words to seriously ask if it can be considered as a group of drug patients, an active queue of militant patients for better care or a meeting of citizens, users and/or former drug users, who for 2 decades hammer the same message: consumer repression is unproductive in public health. We need more moyesn to greet people who are addicted, to accompany them towards abstinence or substitution without judging them, and to propose alternatives to life. Asud Marseille, which has just changed its premises, provides anonymous and free reception hotlines, participates in the global prevention and risk reduction programme, including the distribution of sterile single-use syringes, the recovery of used equipment. The individual health and social aspect is increasing with collective activities, writing workshops, speaking groups, moments of conviviality, meals exchanged.
AIDES ALCOOL
Read moreAides Alcool is a voluntary association located in Lyon, at 9 Quai Jean Moulin. Their aim is to provide access to care and support for people in difficulty with a psychoactive substance. They offer free consultations and discussion groups. In addition, the association is dedicated to prevention, health promotion, research and communication for the general public. The association's head office is at 71, quai Jules Courmont in Lyon, with a different telephone number: 04 72 41 76 98.
INSTITUT PAOLI-CALMETTES
Read moreThe Paoli-Calmettes Institute for Cancer Control (Centre for the Control of Cancer) is pursuing its work of prevention with renewed campaigns, information meetings, an Internet site full of multimedia documents. Screening programmes organise the reception of persons affected by risk. Screening allows the early identification of injury, more effective handling and better therapeutic chances. The timely breast diagnosis, the quick consultation appointments, the cancer research centre, master's teaching, the follow-up of oncology phd complete the device of this active centre where care is also provided.