All About Condoms: Bush Too Focused on Abstinence

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Sex workers perform a show about safe sex during the XVI International Aids Conference in Toronto, Canada on 15 August 2006. With the crack of a whip and swish of maracas, dozens of prostitutes from Bangladesh to Brazil and from Cambodia to Canada demanded recognition of their frontline role in the war on AIDS.

"In recent years, as a result of misinformation and insufficient research, the efficacy of condoms, especially in terms of STD prevention, has been debated in many forums. Research continues to show that condoms are one of the best methods of preventing unwanted pregnancy and are one of the only methods for sexually active individuals to protect themselves against STDs, including HIV."

TORONTO, CANADA -- Speaking at the 16th International Aids Conference in Toronto, Stephen Lewis, UN Special Envoy on Aids, said President George Bush's $15 billion Emergency Plan for HIV/Aids was too focused on promoting abstinence.

"DeRose said that creating wearable art out of condoms attracts people who normally wouldn't wear the prophylactics, let alone touch them or even utter the word."

“Prevention” and “new technologies” are the buzzwords at the XVI International AIDS Conference in Toronto, but UNFPA, the United Nations Population Fund, is calling attention to the fact that millions of people still lack access to the most basic and available preventive method of all—the male and female condom.

""Police must stop using condoms as an excuse to arrest women because this makes women vulnerable to disease," said Elaine Lam of Ziteng, the most established help group in Hong Kong that is devoted to commercial sex workers."

Cathy also knows about what AIDS can do to young women. Today, HIV prevalence rates are highest among young women aged 21 to 23 with one in four already infected with the virus. Some of her colleagues have already succumbed. But Cathy is confident that she can stay safe. It is soon evident why. She flips out a packet of condoms from her bag, saying: “If there is one thing I must leave home with in the evening, it is this. This is my protector.”

"The head of the Lutheran World Federation, Bishop Mark Warner, said the church had to understand that the prohibition on the use of condoms was exacerbating the disease rather than preventing it. Abstinence as the only form of prevention was not viable when discussing HIV prevention, he said."

"About half of the surveyed teens said condoms were unreliable, immoral, or designed to allow for the transmission of AIDS."

""Globally we are making slow headway. Many countries are delivering better treatment and care. But we have a few setbacks in prevention due to the dominant influence of the US," he commented."

A survey has found that nearly a third of 16 to 24-year-olds lost their virginity below the age of consent. And it appears that young people are not taking the threat of sexually transmitted infections seriously.

London, Aug 10: Even the few British teenagers who wear condoms do not use them effectively, a study published on Thursday said. The study said several of the teens admitted putting the condom on too late or taking it off too early.

(Ivanhoe Newswire) -- Just because teens are using protection during sex it doesn't mean they're doing it correctly. A recent study reveals even those who use a condom often do it wrong.

DUNDEE .. CITY OF DISRUBBERY Thais ban saucy-named condoms

Fewer Teens Engaging in Risky Sexual Behavior, CDC Says...The number of students who say they used a condom the last time they had intercourse rose to 62.8% in 2005 from 46.2% in 1991, the survey said.

"This week a Melbourne courtroom heard that a man accused of deliberately infecting a number of men with the HIV virus suffers from “condom phobia.”

'IRRESPONSIBLE'...The U.S. President George W. Bush's Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief allocates as much money to promoting abstinence and being faithful in marriage as it does on condoms in counties like Kenya.

Gay activists have also criticized the Bush administration for promoting abstinence only until marriage programs that have little relevance to gay men, especially young gay men who, except for the State of Massachusetts, are barred by law from getting married. Officials with the U.S. Centers for Disease Control & Prevention, the government agency leading AIDS prevention programs, has disputed criticism that it downplays condom use, saying the government continues to fund programs by private, community groups that advocate condom use in AIDS prevention.

Kenyan bar maids club together ...At the end of tiring day, a bar hostess - or bar maid as she is known in Kenya - will smile at you and serve you a cold or warm drink at your request.

"I was just having unsafe sex all the time," said the 26-year-old, sitting in a fashionable Beijing bar frequented by gay men. "Lots of gay Chinese think it's great that you don't have to worry about pregnancy but have no idea about sexually transmitted diseases," said Zhang, adding he now would never consider having unsafe sex.

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'Good Penetration' condoms too racy

Bangkok, Aug 10: Thai cultural watchdogs have banned a line of condoms whose name translates as "Good Penetration," saying the suggestive label could draw youngsters into having sex earlier, newspapers reported Tuesday.

"Problems such as condoms splitting or coming off are directly related to people choosing the wrong size and shape or not using them correctly. When this happens, people lose trust and confidence in the method. As a direct consequence, people are then far more likely to use condoms erratically or stop using them altogether."

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Tanzania’s Anglican Church is still vehemently opposed to condom use, despite its ambitious HIV/AIDS prevention campaign, and has called for a total ban on condom advertising to protect children from early exposure to sex.

Group of Cathollics launch Condoms4Life campaign

Teens at risk over condom use...TEENAGERS are risking pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections by failing to use condoms properly, experts warned in a new report.

Church Leaders Chastised for Absence in AIDS Battle

HIV drugs may help protect women: study ...Only condoms and complete sexual abstinence have been shown to prevent infection.

Big Brother Housemates Call For Condoms For a loved up Nikki and Pete..

How to Use a Condom. Edited from the FDA Consumer Magazine & presented at condom.com

..."A condom is a device, usually made of latex, or more recently polyurethane, that is used during sexual intercourse. It is put on the male partner's penis, for the purpose of preventing pregnancy and/or transmission of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) such as gonorrhea, syphilis and HIV. Condoms are also known as prophylactics, as well as a number of colloquial or slang terms, such as "rubbers", "jimmy hats", "rain coats", "Hazmat Suits", and "love gloves". They are also sometimes used to increase pleasure by those who prefer the sensation of sex with condoms."

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..."Many British teenagers are failing to use condoms correctly, new research has claimed."

... The proportion of U.S. teenagers who are sexually experienced has decreased "significantly," while condom use has increased,

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