Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants

doi:10.1136/bmj.323.7305.139

BMJ 2001;323:139 ( 21 July )

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Condom gap in Africa: evidence from donor agencies and key informants

See also Editorial by Verheul and Rowson and Education and debate p 152

James D Shelton, senior medical scientist ^a, Beverly Johnston, senior researcher ^b.

^a Center for Population, Health and Nutrition, US Agency for International Development, Washington, DC 20523, USA, ^b Futures Group International, Population, Health and Nutrition Information Project, 600 13th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20005, USA

Correspondence to: J D Shelton Jshelton@USAID.gov

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Public discussions on combating HIV in Africa seem to be focusing on antiretroviral drugs rather than condoms, which are themainstay of prevention.¹ In sub-Saharan Africa most condomsare bought with funds from donors, although a few countries (suchas South Africa and Botswana) buy them from national funds. Weassessed provision of condoms in thesecountries.

Methods and results

We obtained data from UNFPA (the United Nations agency responsible for providing condoms) on condoms paid for by donors andfurther refined it with information from United States Agencyfor International Development's commodity tracking system. Wealso sought data from about 12 key informants knowledgeable oncondom provision inAfrica.

Provision of condoms by donors remained surprisingly constant (400-500 million per year) over the past five years. The numbersfell from just over 600 million in 1995 to about 340 million in1998 before rising again to just over 500 million in 1999. Inaddition, by 1999 roughly 210 million condoms were purchased . . . [Full text of this article]

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