Tag: "condom" at medical news

AIDS Threat Aggravated Due To Sale of Blood by Drug Addicts in Cambodia

...ry, traditional male promiscuity and low levels of condom use in Cambodia has been held responsible for the highest prevalence of HIV infection rates in Asia. Educational campaigns over the past seven years have to a large extent helped in bringing down the rate from 3.8 to 1.9 among people aged between 1...

TWO India Doctors Listed in TIME for Contribution to Global Health

...mini-ambulances to a Thai economist who championed condom use among Bangkok sex workers and headed off what could have been a devastating outbreak of HIV/AIDS”. Source: ANS...

Sharp Increase In Morning-After Pill Sales Among British Women

...mingly, 46 per cent of women who used it said that condom failure was the reason behind the consumption. The results of the study from the Office for National Statistics reveal that 50 per cent of the women who obtained the morning-after pill in 2004-05 bought it from a chemist. This is much greater when ...

Condom Vending Machines To Be Installed Across Indian States

...nnai.’’ He also stressed on the need for a visible condom promotion campaign to check the spread of AIDS in ...orked out proposals for installation of 12,000 new condom vending machines across the country. Director General of NACO, Dr S Y Qureishi said: ‘‘We have intro...

Microbicides could serve to materialise women empowerment in the years to come

... These microbicides will enable women to negotiate condom use or to abandon partners who put them at risk an...dency render millions of women unable to negotiate condom use or abandon partners who put them at risk. This applies to all age group categories. Ultimately w...

Ruling On Non Disclosure Of HIV Positive Status Is Not Ethical

...s the fact that you have to rely on the quality of condom to protect you // from the virus. The Wellington ...rcent effective in contraception. And what if the condom is defective? One could just shudder at the thought. With over a 10-15 % risk due to a manufacturing...

Ruling: HIV victim exempted from disclosing condition to partner

...ansmitting the virus, which he had done by using a condom during intercourse and not ejaculating during oral sex. She added that although people might expect a sexual partner to inform them of their HIV status, and there could be moral duty to do so, it was not required by law. The New Zealand AIDS activi...

China To Distribute Free Condoms To Combat AIDS/HIV

...d its first order for condoms with China's largest condom producer, Gaobang Latex Products Manufactory based...fer. "Before an effective AIDS vaccine comes out, condom is the most effective and economical way to prevent the disease from spreading through sex," said Ta...

Condom vending machine to be started in Jharkand

...ow awareness in Jharkand. Jharkand plans to open condom booths in public places to reduce the transmission...f risk of HIV spread. This new attempt to open the condom booths will help to educate people on the use of safe sex. The new condom booths are to be opened in...

Free Condom Counters For Border Security Force Cadres

...he Border Security Force (BSF) is introducing free condom counters in every border outpost along West Bengal...AIDS among BSF troopers. "We are setting up these condom counters in each and every BOP (border outpost) in West Bengal, catering to about 30,000 troopers," ...

"An Armour against pleasure, and a cobweb against infection" – Has the condom withstood the test of time

...ver of all, Casanova in the 17th century was using condom for both birth control and for protection against ...n get passed from one partner to another even if a condom is used. The effectiveness of a condom against STDs also depends on whether the condom was stored ...

Condom Vending Machines Increasing Sexual Assaults On Women

...erla) who strongly feel that, the introduction of condom vending machines has degraded women in the society...y that our Health Minister himself inaugurated the condom vending machine in the state.” The organization feels that with the easy access to discounted and ...

"Defeat AIDS Pledge" by Andhra CM

... The launch of a partners' forum, installation of condom vending machines, launch of condom vending kiosks, exhibitions, display of hoardings and banners and a human chain were the other highl...

Condoms May not be safe Enough

...S. However a recent study indicates that wearing a condom during intercourse may not give good enough protec...he U.S. Food and Drug Administration requires that condom boxes have a mandatory warning stating: "If used properly, latex condoms will help to reduce the ris...

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