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The Female Health Company Receives Order from UNFPA for 20 Million FC2 Female Condoms for Brazil
CHICAGO, Dec.14, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- The Female Health Company (Nasdaq: FHCO), today announced that it has received an order from UNFPA for 20 million FC2 Female Condoms for Brazil. Delivery under the contract is expected to commence in March, 2012 and conclude within fiscal year 2012.
Earlier the Company had announced that a tender had been awarded for up to 20 million units. The order just received covers the entire quantity of the tender.
O.B. Parrish, Chairman and C.E.O. of The Female Health Company, noted that the order reflects Brazil's leadership in providing women with options to control their health and in further enhancing their national HIV/AIDS prevention program. It also reflects UNFPA's remarkable global contribution to HIV/AIDS prevention.
"We are very encouraged by recent indications of demand growth from customers that distribute female condoms globally and believe the long-term outlook for the Company remains positive for three reasons: the feminization of HIV/AIDS, the complexity of developing easy-to-use alternative prevention methods, and the emergence of drug resistant strains of sexually transmitted infections (STI's)."
Other News
Zimbabwe: Female Condom Use Remains Low
January 3, 2012
The uptake of the female condom remains low compared to male condoms as women fail to negotiate safe sex, the Zimbabwe National Family Planning Council says. Speaking during a journalists' training seminar recently, ZNFPC marketing and public relations officer Mr Simon Chikwizo said comprehensive condom programming was needed to ensure HIV prevention in Zimbabwe.
To Mark World AIDS Day, the British Government Pledges 5 Million Pounds for the Purchase of Female C
January 3, 2012
The Female Health Company (NASDAQ: FHCO) today announced that on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2011, the British Government pledged five million pounds (approximately $7.8 M) for the purchase of female condoms to enhance reproductive health needs of women.
Nigeria: New Female Condom Will Boost Reproductive Health of Women - UNFPA
September 5, 2011
The UN Population Fund (UNFPA) says the use of the female condom will boost the reproductive health of women. The UNFPA Deputy Representative, Dr. Bannet Ndyanabangi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Abuja on Thursday that the new female condom being introduced would provide overall health enhancement for the women.
HIV/AIDS: Female condoms slowly gaining popularity - report
August 11, 2011
Long seen as the ugly step-child of HIV prevention, the female condom seems to be gaining popularity through grassroots campaigns, according to a new report by the UN Population Fund (UNFPA).
Campaign Aims To Deliver 500,000 Female Condoms By Year’s End
July 30, 2010
NPR/WAMU, July 30, 2010--Since March, organizations in D.C. have been preparing to hand out half-a-million female condoms. After months of focus groups and training, the organizations and the D.C. Department of Health are kicking off the D.C. "Doin' It" campaign. The campaign is targeting the neighborhoods hardest hit by HIV and AIDS.
A tough sell: The female condom
July 29, 2010
Washington, D.C. is telling women to "get turned onto it," already. "It" being the female condom. A campaign kicks off Thursday with the premiere of a website and 460 randy bus ads that advertise the new female condom's "pleasure points," which are meant to "tease, please and protect." The promotional push joins a campaign underway since March to handout 500,000 female condoms in the area.
Improved Female Condom Gives Women Another Form Of Protection
July 29, 2010
WASHINGTON, DC (WUSA) -- Community groups believe winning the battle against the spread of HIV in DC will happen when women take their health into their own hands. These local groups are handing out 500,000 female condoms in the hopes women will use them to protect themselves.
DC pushes female condoms to fight HIV epidemic
July 28, 2010
WASHINGTON -- Charlene Cotton will talk to anyone about sex. Several days a week she stands behind a table decorated with a bowl of flavored condoms and safer sex pamphlets, calling to women passing on the street, "Come check out my table. Don't be scared." She asks: "Have you heard of the female condom?" Then, to show how it works, she picks up her demonstration kit - a condom and anatomical models.
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