More condoms are expected to reach deeper at grassroots points in new distribution efforts that will involve small community groups to complement the normal channels.
The national programme officer of HIV/Aids and Comprehensive Condom Programme at the UN Population Fund, Mr. Andrew Gasozi Ntwali noted ; “Previously, health centres were the last distribution outlet for free condoms, yet with the increasing demand, these alone cannot fully reach out to all the people in communities, except the few who only visit them when they are faced with other health complications.”
He further explained that Health facilities and partners at the district level have not distributed enough to their target populations and sometimes ration the available stock, probably because they are not aware of existing stock at the central level.
Between 2009 and 2012, a total of 77,962,520 condoms were distributed in the country, and more than 52 million were distributed through social marketing and more than 25 million condoms freely.
Also 2,673,057 condoms were distributed in Rwanda via social marketing between January and March 2013 through Society for Family Health (SFH).
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