They've had to find the confidence themselves to talk about condoms and learn the hard way.
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Katherine, 17, from Essex, says teenagers do talk about condoms, but nearly always in a joking way.
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Since Mr Museveni made a speech strongly attacking condoms last year, say campaigners, primary-school children are no longer taught about condoms, which are no longer prominent in public advertisements.
Many of the people surveyed said they did not know much about contraception to begin with -- 63 percent said they knew little or nothing about birth control pills, and 30 percent said they had scant knowledge about condoms.
"Studies find that kids in abstinence-only programs have negative, biased views about whether condoms work, " she says.
And both Thailand and Cambodia, long among the activists' favourite examples of how to get things right (don't be squeamish about handing out condoms, particularly to prostitutes, is an important part of the message), continue to do well.
They were also given condoms and advice about sexually transmitted diseases, and tested for HIV once a month.
Under a four-year study, one third of the women will be given the gel, one third a placebo and one third will not receive any, while all will be given condoms and taught about their use.
It's also important for those who are sexually active to talk openly and honestly with partners about STIs, and to use condoms consistently and correctly.
By night she and her team cruise the streets like modern Gladstones, offering working girls coffee and condoms, fresh needles and advice about what to do in case of assault.
Embarrassing clarifications had to be issued over such thorny issues as his 2005 speech about Islam and violence, and his stance on condoms and HIV.
Doctors' groups say more access to morning-after pills by putting them near the condoms and spermicides so people can learn about them and buy them quickly could cut those numbers.
There is something reassuringly Liberal about the youth wing of the party handing out free "bird of freedom" yellow condoms carrying the vote-chasing slogan "cross my box".
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Around Milan, some 5, 000 girls cater to about 60, 000 customers a night, snarling traffic looking for trade and littering the streets with condoms after they have found it, much to the dismay of staider neighbours.
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