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Flavour the condom to solve a problem

Can flavoured condoms be the answer to South Africa's HIV/Aids problem?<br />The South African government seems to think it is. South African health minister Aaron Motsoaledi announced his department will distribute coloured and flavoured condoms among students to end "condom fatigue", as he termed student's reluctance to use condoms after a survey showed that condom usage had fallen in South Africa.

by Grant Foster
2014-04-23 14:21
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Flavour the condom to solve a problem

The BBC reports Motsoaledi feels the decline in usage of condoms might be because “the standard-issued choice condoms just aren’t cool enough”. South Africa has some 6.4 million HIV-positive people – more than any other country. The survey by the South Africa’s Human Sciences Research Council (HSRC) showed the rate of people with HIV had risen from 10.6% in 2008 to 12.2% in 2012.
The latest study shows that condom use had declined, especially in the 15 to 24 age group. Motsoaledi said: “We need to inject enthusiasm into the condom campaign, and we are about to start rolling out new types of free, coloured condoms which are also flavoured.” The condoms will be distributed for free at South Africa’s universities and colleges.
Now let’s pray these flavoured condoms will not by stapled to the instruction leaflets like the government managed to do some year back. They do not work with little holes in them, ne!

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