Objective: There has been much debate about the value of condoms in HIV/STI
programming. This should be informed by evidence about intervention impact on condom …

Background Rates of condom use in sub-Saharan Africa have remained too low to curb
HIV/sexually transmitted disease (STD) epidemics. A better understanding of the main …

Critical to preventing the spread of HIV is promoting condom use among HIV-positive
individuals. Previous studies suggest that gender norms (social and cultural constructions of …

Context: The sexual behavior of young people in Angola will play a major role in the future
spread of HIV, yet few young people use condoms consistently, and reported rates of …

The objective of this review was to provide an overview of behavioural interventions
promoting condom use amongst female sex workers (FSW) in sub-Saharan Africa. A search …

Background: Although consistent condom use is effective in reducing individual risk for HIV
infection, the public health impact of condom promotion in a generalized epidemic is less …

Two decades of experience and research provide new insights into the role of condoms for
AIDS prevention in the developing world. This literature review and synthesis is based on …

Objective Evidence of condom effectiveness for HIV and sexually transmitted disease (STD)
prevention is based primarily on high-risk populations. We examined condom effectiveness …

South Africa has responded to the sexually transmissible infection and HIV epidemic with a
rapid expansion of its national-level public sector condom program. Male condoms are …

HIV prevalence in Nigeria is increasing rapidly. Increased condom use is the most viable
solution to slow down or reverse this trend. This article uses data from two waves of a nation …