Posted AT 4:50 AM EST on 08/08/08
Lack of access to female condoms vilified
MEXICO CITY — It has been 15 years since the female condom was unveiled, but the anniversary is an inauspicious one. Once touted as a key tool in the fight against HIV-AIDS, a way of empowering women whose partners shun traditional condoms, the female condom has largely been forgotten.
The fault lies not with the product itself but with set-in-their-ways policy makers, the international aid group Oxfam says in a scathing new report.
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