Date Posted: April 04, 2008.

Source: PANCAP e-News.

Female condom as a tool in the fight against HIV is being promoted in Montserrat.

A donation of one thousand of these condoms from the United Nations Population Fund (UNFPA), is now available for public use.

HIV & AIDS Coordinator Anjella Skerritt in supporting this promotion noted that since women can insert the condoms themselves, they give women more control over their sexual and reproductive lives by helping to prevent sexually transmitted infections like HIV and allowing users to plan their pregnancies.

This is the first time these condoms have been generally available in Montserrat.

Unlike other family planning methods, both the female and male condoms, if used correctly, can prevent HIV and STIs as well as pregnancy.