Today's battles over abortion, abstinence and condoms are casting a pall over the field, and complicating what is already a formidable task.
Everybody buying beer and condoms and lottery tickets and tubs of lard.
Quantities of public information and condoms a-plenty have helped halve the infection rate among young urban Ugandans since the beginning of the decade.
He said a lot of people complaining were worried that bin men would be "snooping" on them and that private waste, such as sanitary towels and condoms, would be on public show.
The numbers may reflect that while most people have heard of the pill and condoms, they have never been taught how to use the pill or where to get it, or how to put on a condom, said Dr. Yolanda Wimberly, assistant professor of clinical pediatrics at the Morehouse School of Medicine and an adolescent medicine specialist with Grady Health Systems in Atlanta, Georgia.
All participants were counseled on how to protect against HIV transmission and were given free condoms and other prevention services.
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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.
He denied the charges of inaction, pointing to efforts the city made to monitor the spread of AIDS, provide subsidies for AIDS research and outreach campaigns, distribute condoms and prevent discrimination against those with the disease.
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Honorable mention goes to Saturday Night Live (no direct links to videos available, sorry.) SNL did a set of four parodies: One directly based on the Chanel ad and then others on Taco Bell, dog condoms and famous New York dermatologist Dr. Zizmor.
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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.
They've had to find the confidence themselves to talk about condoms and learn the hard way.
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They were also given condoms and advice about sexually transmitted diseases, and tested for HIV once a month.
Condoms and sponges, for example, are not deductible since they are available not by prescription but over the counter.
Mr Jangid said the stones were stored in 42 condoms and it took the police six hours to retrieve them.
The group offers free HIV tests, condoms and crucially - clean syringes.
In The Meantime Men's Group was conducting free HIV testing and passing out condoms on Thursday, which was National Black HIV Awareness Day.
Rosenbaum is concerned that abstinence-only sex education programs that promote virginity pledges may also promote a negative view of condoms and birth control.
Health officials in Berlin, preparing for an influx of football supporters, are planning to give out 100, 000 condoms and leaflets offering men advice on safe sex.
Currently, the only reliable prevention technologies are condoms and abstinence.
On one end of the spectrum we have condoms, and on the other is the vasectomy.
If you are sexually active, use condoms consistently and correctly to protect yourself and your partners.
"I've got a lot of friends who don't use condoms - and I've known a lot of people that have caught infections, " she told me.
Grades 6-12: Some lessons include information on HIV testing and address methods of prevention, including the correct and consistent use of condoms, which can greatly reduce the risk of infection from people who are sexually active.
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Responsibilities for parental guidance in demonstrating the importance of loving relationships and marriage are becoming supplanted by school sex education programs that emphasize instruction on condoms, birth control and abortions.
While data on the direct effect of free condoms in developing nations are limited, past campaigns in Uganda, Thailand and Brazil have shown that making condoms readily available can significantly reduce the transmission of HIV.
Aside from the mechanics, the products are hard to find and cost more than male condoms.
Although the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved female condoms in 1993, they haven't exactly been embraced.
The other half were merely shown a video tape and given a supply of condoms.
Tory Nadine Dorries told the Commons that while secondary school pupils were shown how to put condoms on bananas and to self-diagnose sexually transmitted diseases (STDs), they should also be told "how to say no".
One in four men and one in six women said they now used condoms consistently during sex compared with less than one in five men and one in seven women in 1990's survey.
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