Knowing how the world works, the condoms are probably factory rejects and
old condoms.  The poor always get the worst of everything.

At 06:49 AM 5/15/01 -0500, Felix Ossia wrote:
>Sent: Monday, May 14, 2001 2:41 PM
>Subject: Condom row in South Africa
>
>
> > There have been complaints in South Africa over
> > condoms being imported from India and China, in
> > particular over their size.
> > A national survey of prostitutes has revealed that
> > South African men had problems using the standard-size
> > condoms, complaining they were too small.
> > But Dr Liz Floyd, director of the Aids programme in
> > Gauteng Province, told the BBC that she thought it was
> > unlikely that there was any substance to the
> > complaint.
> >
> > "We are quite sure the condoms can accommodate them.
> > You can get a condom over your head if you want to."
> >
> > More than half of the women interviewed for the survey
> > also complained that condoms imported from the Far
> > East burst easily and exposed them to risks of
> > catching HIV/Aids.
> >
> > Storage
> >
> > But Dr Floyd said any problems with the strength and
> > reliability of condoms were more likely to be
> > connected to how they are used and how they are
> > stored.
> >
> > She said that if condoms were not kept in direct
> > sunlight then they should be up to the job.
> >
> > There have been complaints in the past about the poor
> > quality of imported condoms, which reportedly led to
> > more than four million being sent back a few years
> > ago.
> >
> >
> > The South African Government has long campaigned to
> > promote the condom, which is an unpopular method of
> > protection, but is seen as a cheap and effective way
> > of preventing the spread of the HIV virus.
> >
> > But Dr Floyd said training was vital to ensuring that
> > complaints about condoms did not undermine people's
> > confidence in them and serve as a justification for
> > people who do not want to use them.
> >
> > South Africa has a huge problem with Aids, with 1,500
> > people infected with the HIV virus every day.
> >
> > An estimated 200 million condoms are used a year in a
> > country of 40 million people.
> >
> >
> >
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