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Brazil fails in goal to distribute billion free condoms
Jan 10, 2007, 19:39 GMT
Sao Paulo - The Brazilian authorities said they will not be able to achieve their goal of distributing a billion free condoms per year, local media reported Wednesday.
Mariangela Simao, coordinator of the National Programme for Sexually Transmitted Diseases-AIDS, said 251 million condoms were distributed in 2005 and 253.7 million in 2006.
'The figure of 1 billion is unfeasible. We have no way to guarantee the certification of such a large lot,' Simao said.
Quality control is absolutely necessary prior to distribution, she said.
Two Brazilian institutions in charge of quality control can currently certify between 60 and 80 million condoms a month.
'We would like to distribute 500 million condoms a year, that figure would be ideal,' Simao said, toning down the government's earlier ambitions.
The authorities commented ahead of Brazil's world-famous Carnival season next month, when the distribution of free condoms receives special attention.
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