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  • Condom Shortage Alarm for Uganda's Festive Season

    12/24/2004 5:35:26 PM PST · by NYC GOP Chick · 55 replies · 1,048+ views
    KAMPALA (Reuters) - AIDS (news - web sites)-aware Ugandans, who use about 250,000 condoms a day, face a shortage of the product after the government introduced new condom tests likely to cut supply over the festive season, the Health Ministry on Friday. The Ministry withdrew Engabu, a local popular brand that was emitting a bad smell, after the World Health Organization (news - web sites) found its quality deteriorated. "We are going to face six months of limited supply," said Vastha Kibirige, a condom coordinator with the Health Ministry. "We fear that in the meantime some people might have unprotected...