At the XV International AIDS Conference in Thailand, Population Action International released a report claiming that developing nations are only receiving about 10 percent of the condoms needed to make a serious dent in the transmission of HIV.
In its 2004 update to its Condoms Count report, Population Action International estimated that the developing world needed 10 billion condoms in 2002, but aid agencies supplied only about 2.5 billion condoms.
It notes that in South Africa between 1998-2002, the number of donated condoms amounted to only 2.6 condoms per man per year (in contrast, more than 60 condoms are produced each year in the United States for each man).
PAI and others blame the United States in part for the Bush administration’s emphasis on abstinence as a solution to the AIDS crisis.
Source:
World falling short on condom provision. NewScientist.Com, July 12, 2004.
Counting Condoms: Donors Coming Up Short. Press Release, Population Action International, July 14, 2004.