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International News India Promotes Female Condoms to Check AIDSDecember 19, 2006 Outreach workers are hitting the streets in Kolkata's centuries-old red-light district to teach sex workers how to use the female condom. "The condom for women can be a great help to sex workers," said Anjali Narayan, deputy-director of West Bengal's AIDS program. "It will help them to protect themselves from HIV/AIDS and [STDs]." While the condom typically costs 50 rupees ($1.11 U.S.), it is being offered to the sex workers for just three rupees (six cents U.S.). Five percent of the district's 10,000 sex workers are thought to be HIV-positive. Next year, the program will be rolled out in eight more of India's 29 states. Agence France Presse 12.19.2006  This article was provided by U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. It is a part of the publication CDC HIV/Hepatitis/STD/TB Prevention News Update. Visit the CDC's website to find out more about their activities, publications and services.
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