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Apr 01, 2011

Number of D.C. Men Made Aware Of Female Condom Sees Undefinable Increase Over Estimate

Last spring, Washington became the first American city to organize a campaign to distribute free female condoms in areas of the city where HIV/AIDS infection rates were highest. The good news: the public-private D.C. Female Condom Project campaign — given the catchphrase “DC’s Doin’ It!” — has been fairly successful so far. According to statistics released earlier this week, 25,000 D.C. residents were made aware of the female condom during the program’s first year. That figure includes 13,000 men who were made aware of the contraception’s existence — a rather impressive showing, considering that the D.C. HIV/AIDS Administration had assumed that zero fellas would take an interest in the contraception.

 
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