‘PREVENTION, PLEASURE AND PROTECTION’

Worldwide, 215 million women have an unmet need for contraception. At the same time more and more women are being infected with HIV/Aids. In Sub-Saharan Africa more young women than men are HIV-positive, as 8 to 1. 

The female condom (FC) is the only available female initiated method that provides protection against STI’s, including HIV, and protects against mistimed or unwanted pregnancies. The female condom puts women in charge and is therefore women empowering. The demand for female condoms is substantial and rapidly increasing.

As a wife, mother, schoolteacher and health worker, Mercy Ngala Mokake in Cameroon feels the female condom is a precious tool for all. “I think this campaign should spread across the country. It will help many women as a contraceptive and prevent the spread of HIV/Aids. The message and not the virus should spread far and wide, even to schools, from primary to university level”.