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Sao Tome and Principe: Condoms anytime, anywhere

12 Feb 2008

Bars, restaurants and stores in the archipelago of São Tomé and Príncipe now have a new attraction: small brown wooden boxes containing 144 condoms each, placed in highly visible locations. Condoms have traditionally been distributed at healthcare centres, but under the government's new prevention campaign they are gradually becoming more accessible.

"This is the way we came up with for condoms to be brought closer to São Tomeans," said Alzira do Rosário, coordinator of the National Programme for the Fight Against AIDS (known by the Portuguese acronym PNLS). "You don't have to ask anyone for anything - if you need one, all you have to do is take it."

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