Female Empowerment is becoming the hot topic in the fight against sexually-transmitted diseases. This should be good for Procept.
Monday September 22 8:29 AM EDT
Company Press Release
Study Shows 34 Percent Reduction in Sexually-Transmitted Diseases
When Female Condom is an Option
CHICAGO, Sept. 22 /PRNewswire/ -- The Female Health Company (Amex:FHC) reports that recently released results
from a UNAIDS supported study of sex workers in Thailand showed that when the female condom was made available as
an extra option to the male condom there was a 34% reduction in the mean incidence of sexually-transmitted diseases
(STDs) compared with groups where only the male condom was made available. The study, which compared a group of 37
sex establishments where only the male condom was an option to a group of 34 sex establishments where both male and
female condoms were available, also found that female condom use contributed to a 25% reduction in the proportion of
unprotected sex acts compared with the male-condom-only group.
In its new document, ``The Female Condom and AIDS,'' UNAIDS noted other studies which found that women who were
not sex workers also thought the female condom was acceptable. Most recently, UNAIDS-supported research conducted in
Costa Rica, Indonesia, Mexico and Senegal, indicated that amongst other things, women found that introduction of the female
condom into a relationship gave them an opportunity to communicate about safer sex more successfully than before. Women
also found it more empowering, as it is a protection device they can use themselves. Female condoms were particularly more
popular where men were reluctant to use male condoms or where women did not trust men to use male condoms correctly.
The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS (UNAIDS) is a leading advocate for global action on HIV/AIDS. It
brings together six UN agencies in a common effort to fight the epidemic.
The Female Health Company entered a multi-year contract with UNAIDS to provide the female condom at a special price
based on global public sector volume.
The Female Health Company, based in Chicago, owns certain worldwide rights to the female condom, is dedicated to
identifying, developing and marketing unique products that will help women across the world stay healthy and enhance their
lives. |
