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Sunday, March 7, 2010

Free Female Condoms Available Soon in Washington DC

Male Condoms have been distributed city wide for about a decade in an effort to help curb the spreading of HIV Which causes a lethal disease known as AIDS. But many men do not use their protection.

City officials said female condoms will give women more power to protect themselves against sexually transmitted diseases when their partners refuse to use protection.

The District rate of HIV / AIDS has been found at about 3 percent, according to a 2008 report cited by the Washington Post. But the city government says the real number could be close to 5 percent "Because only 60 percent of residents have ever been tested for the infection.

The $ 500,000 for the female condoms to be distributed for free came from the MAC AIDS Fund, a subsidiary of MAC Cosmetics Which helps many city programs.

Offering free female condoms can be one good thing the city can do to help fight HIV / AIDS. A HIV Heterosexual Behavior Study reveals that 45 percent of survey respondents reported they had had sex outside the relationship and more than 70 percent said they did not use condoms.Read More Story,http://www.foodconsumer.org/newsite/Non-food/Drug/free_female_condoms_washington_dc_0703100836.html

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