Condoms in Medical News

Pope Benedict Calls for Sex Without Condoms in Africa

The United States African Chamber of Commerce (USACC) has expressed concern recently following Pope Benedict’s visit to Africa last month, a visit which has caused outrage among health agencies and others who are on the front line in the fight against AIDS. Washin...

South African policy on adolescents' rights to access condoms is causing confusion

In 2007, South Africa's new Children's Act came into effect, granting children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including the right to access condoms. But current policies allow individual schools to decide whether or not to give out condomspolicies that two re...

Cheap Condoms for a Safer Sex Industry

AMSTERDAM, The Netherlands, October 31 /PRNewswire/ -- - Safe4now Foundation Allows Prostitutes to Prevent Aids or STD Infection Though condom prices are decreasing rapidly all over the world, prostitutes and other women working in the sex industry still have to pay enormous costs to guara...

Teens' failure to use condoms linked to partner disapproval, fear of less sexual pleasure

PROVIDENCE, R.I. Approximately one in four teens in the United States will contract a sexually transmitted disease (STD), according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Experts believe a major contributing factor is the failure of many teens to use condoms consistently and routinely...

Spanish prostitutes least likely to use condoms

The Centre for Epidemiological Studies into Sexually-Transmitted Diseases and AIDS in Catalonia (CEEISCAT) started a pioneering study in Spain in 2005 to look into the prevalence of sexually-transmitted diseases (STDs) among female sex workers (SWs). The objective was to monitor the rates of infec...

The Female Health Company / HLL Lifecare Limited Receive National AIDS Control Organization of India Order for 1.5 Million FC2 Female Condoms

CHICAGO, April 23 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- The Female Health Company (NYSE Alternext: FHC) which manufactures and markets the FC1 and FC2 Female Condoms(R), today announces that its technical collaboration with HLL Lifecare Limited (HLL) (formerly Hindustan Latex Limited) has been successful in w...

Pope Not Infallible on Condoms

WASHINGTON, March 18 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- The Vatican has yet again been forced to revise statements made by Pope Benedict XVI as he embarked on a foreign trip. En route to Cameroon on March 17, the pope claimed that condom use would "aggravate the problem" of HIV. A transcript of the ...

The Pope is Wrong on Condoms

WASHINGTON, March 17 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Jon O'Brien, president of Catholics for Choice, issued a response to Pope Benedict's statement on condom use. "As the pope traveled to Africa, he chose this moment to make what appears to be his first unequivocal statement opposing condom use. I...

Most Single Adults Not Using Condoms

British study finds less than half of people in 30s, 40s use them when with a new partner TUESDAY, Nov. 11 (HealthDay News) -- Six out of every 10 middle-aged Britons do not use a condom during a first-time sexual encounter, a new study shows. Those numbers might be similar for Ame...

Catholics at International AIDS Conference XVII Tell Pope: End Ban on Condoms

MEXICO CITY, July 31 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- As thousands gather in Mexico City for the 17th International AIDS Conference August 3-8, 2008, Catholics for Choice and its Latin American sister organizations, Catolicas por el Derecho a Decidir, will be highlighting Catholic opposition to the ...

New Poll Shows Catholics Around the World Believe Good Catholics Can Use Condoms

Catholics for Choice Publishes Results of Four-Continent Poll Gauging Catholic Opinion on Hierarchy's Ban on Condoms WASHINGTON, Nov. 29 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- Even in the face of an AIDS epidemic that costs millions of lives, the Vatican has stubbornly refused to lift its ban on condo...

Starpharma and Durex Sign Co-Development Agreement for VivaGel(R)-Coated Condoms

SYDNEY, Australia, Oct. 16 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Starpharma Holdings Ltd (ASX: SPL, Pink Sheets: SPHRY) today announced the signing of an agreement with SSL International plc (LSE: SSL), owner of Durex(R), the world's leading condom brand. The agreement, under which a commercial licence w...

Older African-American men with HIV often have sex without condoms

As many as four out of ten HIV positive African-American men could be putting their partners at risk by not using condoms, according to research in the latest UK-based Journal of Advanced Nursing. A study of 130 middle-aged and older men in the USA found that many of the 40 to 65 year-olds wer...

Awareness About Condoms Among Pakistani Punjabis is Very Low

Only four percent of people in Pakistan's Punjab province know about the use of condoms in the prevention of sexually-transmitted diseases (STD) and Acquired Immuno-Deficiency Sydrome (AIDS). The survey conducted by Behaviour Change Communication Services also found that people in the prov...

HIV Awareness Increases as Condoms are Distributed in Gujarat Theatres Screening Porn Films

Gujarat, the western Indian state is ruled by Hindu zealots. But they seem to have had the sense to take precautions against HIV/AIDS by encouraging distribution of condoms at vulnerable points . The move is paying dividends, officials say. Particularly making available condoms at theatres ...

New York Health Department Distributes Five Million Condoms in a Month

The New York City health department announced that from mid-February to mid-March it distributed five million no-cost condoms, or about two condoms per every man// living in the city, as part of its efforts to curb the spread of HIV. The health department in January approved a $1.57 million ...

Free Condoms Distribution to Prevent HIV in Washington

Washington, D.C., health officials on Friday plan to distribute 250,000 city-branded condoms as part of the Department of Health's efforts to prevent the spread of HIV// and other sexually transmitted infections, the Washington Post reports. The condom's purple and yellow package is printed in...

Free Condoms in a Flashy Wrapper

According to New York health officials, condoms would have more users if wrapped attractively.// Currently this department is in the process of considering various options of casing the condoms. The subject that could emerge victorious may be a colourful subway theme. A novel way of wrapping th...

Gays in China Urged to Use Condoms Regularly

The usage of condoms among the gay population will be promoted significantly in China, from next year.// A five-year project is scheduled to be flagged off in the coming year. The program aims to contain the increase in number of HIV infections across the nation. The chief focus of the program...

Pope in Dilemma: To ban condoms or not

Pope Benedict XVI is in a dilemma; whether to preserve the Roman Catholic Church's "traditional ban on contraception or shift[ing] to a relative yes-sometimes //policy that gives us an effective weapon against AIDS -- but opens up church policy on contraception, abortion and infallibility to new ch...

Fake Condoms Come to Light

17 packets of counterfeit condoms of Durex best-selling 'extra safe' range were seized in west London by British authorities.// A Durex spokeswoman stated that the company could not 'guarantee the safety' of the fakes. The number of these fakes that were on sale in UK was also unknown These ...

Vaccines, tobacco taxes and condoms in disease control

Information on the Disease Control Priorities project that plans the top health investments for disease control in developing countries // was given to health ministers from the Americas at the Pan American Health Organization Directing Council. According to the Pan American Health Organizati...

Rise in Use of Female Condoms in South Africa

The use of female condoms appears to be rising in South Africa, which has become its second largest market in the world.// South Africa has among the highest incidence of HIV/Aids globally and the use of female condoms forms a focal point of government's national program of ABC abstinence, be f...

NHS Lothian Says "No" To Volunteers Distributing Condoms To Under-16s

NHS Lothian has ruled that volunteers distributing condoms in the province would no longer be able to do so for under-16s despite the soaring rates of teenage pregnancies//. The trust said that only authorized staff could hand over contraceptives to under-16s as a child protection measure. "...

US Firm To Supply Female Condoms To India

US health products major Female Health Company (FHC) has received an initial order for the supply of 500,100 FC female condoms //for India's state-run National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO). "The condoms will be used in NACO's reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention programmes and distr...

Valentine's Day Attraction: Sale Of Condoms In School Proposed

The exciting Valentine’s Day proposal to sell condoms in school through installation of condom vending machines has been suggested by the third largest political party in Australia.// Kate Reynolds, who represents the Democrats in South Australia's state parliament, said the issue was health...

Female Condoms In The Offing

Condoms for women, produced by the state-owned Hindustan Latex Ltd., will be launched next week commercially in select cities.// 'For the past year we had test marketed 30,000 pieces of female condoms across the country and from the excellent response from both men and women, we have decided it ...

China To Distribute Free Condoms To Combat AIDS/HIV

In a massive AIDS/HIV control drive, Chinese authorities have bought 305 million condoms for free distribution at hotels and public entertainment places. This is the first time the government purchased condoms // using a special fund created for the purpose, the health authorities said on Thursd...

Indian Introduces Paan-flavoured Condoms

A condom flavoured with the popular mixture of betel nut and tobacco known as paan is to go on sale in India, newspapers said Tuesday . State-owned company Hindustan Latex has already tested the pungent and bitter mixture on their main market, sex workers, who preferred it to other flavours...

Madhya Pradesh Bans Use of Vibrating Condoms

The Government of Madhya Pradesh has banned the use of vibrating condoms, saying it goes against Indian culture. The state-run Hindustan Latex Limited (HLL) introduced the item throughout the country about three months ago. Protesting its launch, Hindu hardliners described the cond...

India to Market Female Condoms

Chennai, March 14 (IANS) India Wednesday launched a major initiative to introduce female condoms across the country, with an NGO// in Tamil Nadu planning a usage study in six districts. The central government, in collaboration with the Hindustan Latex Ltd and the National Aids Control Organisat...

Indian Men Need Smaller Condoms

A 2- year study carried out by the Indian Council of Medical Research concludes that condoms designed //with the international male in mind is too big for the Indian man. The study which included 1,200 volunteers found that about 50% of the men had penises shorter by 3 to 5 cms , and the co...

Risk-Taking Young Urged To Carry Condoms

A government sexual health campaign is targeting young adults to carry condoms when they are out 'on the pull'. Their focus is mainly on 18 to 24-year-olds. //Currently only 20% of people in this age group are reported to carry condoms on a night out. The ￡4m campaign carries a warning of sexua...

The Female Health Company Schedules Third Quarter Conference Call for August 7, 2009

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Condoms May Reduce Herpes Risk

...MONDAY, July 13 (HealthDay News) -- People who use condoms regularly can reduce their risk of getting genital...ve, but this shows that it is," she said. Using condoms reduces herpes transmission by only 30 percent bec...HSV-2 studies that dealt with the effectiveness of condoms in preventing herpes. The studies included 5,384 m...

Risky sexual behavior among male clients of Tijuana sex workers heightens risk of HIV transmission

...heir wives," said co-author Manual Gallardo, M.D, Patronato Pro-COMUSIDA in Tijuana. "However, given that only 59% of clients reported regularly using condoms with a female sex worker, there appears to be some level of complacency that urgently needs to be addressed." The study, published in the current o...

Fortune Recognizes Female Health Company as One of America's Fastest-Growing Small Companies

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The Female Health Company Added to Russell 2000(R) Index

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UT School of Public Health researchers develop game for HIV+ youth

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