Vienna, A lot of things that cause the female condom is less popular than male condoms. Assess the reproductive health activists, this hamper efforts to control HIV / AIDS in women.
When men refuse to use barriers during sex, the female condom is the last bastion that is not infected with contagious diseases. Unfortunately, only a few women who would wear them.
Serra Sippel, president of the Center for Health and Gender Equity (CHANGE) said that the main obstacle is a matter of availability. In 2008 for example, worldwide there are only 18.2 million female condoms while at the same year the availability of male condoms reach 2.4 billion.
In Sub-Saharan Africa region, the availability of female condoms even just enough to 1 in 300 women. Whereas the number of HIV positive patients in the region is quite large, reaching 60 percent of the adult male population.
Besides the issue of stock, the model also dkeluhkan condom activists because it was never touched by innovation. When a male condom is already available with a variety of shapes, flavors and aroma, female condoms are sold with a model that is so-so only.
Quoted by AFP on Thursday (7/22/2010), the price of female condoms are also under the spotlight in the world conference on AIDS that took place in Vienna, Austria. One delegate from Zambia said the female condom is sold at 5 cents in the country while the male condom only 1 cent.
Activists from the Universal Access to Female condoms (UAFC), Lucie van Mens said the campaign use the female condom need a new approach. Not just to prevent HIV / AIDS, but rather as aids sex and contraception.
"No less important, the female condom campaign should be more priority to the rights of women to have fun with sex," said van Mens.
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