"HIV/AIDS is becoming a women’s pandemic, and women need prevention now. They need access to the female condom and education on its use."  - Beatrice Were, Uganda
 
Expanding Global Access to Female Condoms

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Saving Lives Now: Female Condoms and the Role of U.S. Foreign Aid

Saving Lives Now
A new report from the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) documents U.S. investment in global female condom procurement, distribution and programming.


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National Information Call

The Female Condom:
Successes and Challenges at Home and Abroad

June 17 – 2:00pm EST

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About Female Condoms

The female condom is a currently existing and approved safer sex technology that can be used to prevent HIV infection and/or unintended pregnancy. Correct and consistent use of female condoms can reduce the risk of HIV infection by more than 90 percent in women having sex with an infected partner. Studies show that the female condom is at least as effective as the male condom in reducing the risk of contracting other sexually transmitted infections. Female condoms also can be used to prevent unintended pregnancies, making them an ideal “dual protection” method.

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Latest News on Female Condoms

"City Health Department puts out $2M for female condoms," by Kathleen Lucadamo, New York Daily News, June 15, 2008.

"The Female Health Company / HLL Receive National AIDS Control Organization of India Order for 1.5 Million FC2 Female Condoms," CNN Money, June 10, 2008.

"Female condoms are in-things for city’s sex workers," by Zumeda Hamid, NewIndPress.com, June 6, 2008.

"U.K. To Provide About $12B To Improve Health Services in Developing Countries, Fight HIV/AIDS, Official Says," Kaiser Network Daily Report, June 3, 2008.

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"HIV/AIDS is becoming a women’s pandemic, and women need prevention now. They need the only tool for HIV prevention that women can initiate. They need access to the female condom and education on its use." - Beatrice Were, Uganda HIV/AIDS Advocate and 2005 Recipient of the Human Rights Watch Award More quotes about the female condom