January 10, 2006

Non-Scientific Count of Condoms Found in Sewage Plant

...in the filters at the Ngwane Park sewage pumping facility outside Manzini, Swaziland, hints at an increase in usage of the contraceptive, IRIN/Reuters AlertNet reports. "Condom use has gone up 50% this past year," (said) Marvin Simelane, a worker at the plant.

"But there is one caveat," the director of an HIV/AIDS support group said, "Who uses Manzini's sewer system? I would think it would be middle-class and wealthier individuals" (IRIN/Reuters AlertNet, 1/5). Swaziland has one of the world's highest HIV prevalence rates

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Posted by Cieciel at January 10, 2006 05:03 AM