condoms

For India’s Urban Marginalized, Reproductive Healthcare Still a Distant Dream

By Stella Paul
In a semi-lit room of a southern Chennai neighborhood, a group of women sit in a circle around a table surrounded by large cardboard boxes of "Nirodh" – India’s most popular condom.

HIV Prevention is Failing Young South African Women

By Nqabomzi Bikitsha
When she found out that she had human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), Thabisile Mkhize (not her real name) was scared.

Cuba Knows Condom Use Not Enough

By Ivet González
“But I always used a condom!” was the sentence that played over and over in Jaime Roche’s mind when the young Cuban man tested positive for HIV in October.

Maldives Talks Condoms

By Feizal Samath
For an orthodox Islamic country, the Maldives has made remarkable progress in halting the spread of HIV in the Indian Ocean archipelago through bold awareness programmes and the distribution of condoms.

U.S.: Police Treat Condoms as Contraband, Rights Group Says

By Zoha Arshad
How many condoms is it legal to carry around in your pocket? That’s the question sex workers in the United States are asking after being routinely targeted by police for having prophylactics – not in itself a crime.


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