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Condom consumption at three million per month

Durex feels condoms
Durex feels condoms

While Botswana’s population is growing at a snail’s pace, it has come to the fore that one of the reasons could be the high consumption rate of condoms. It has been revealed that the country uses at least three million condoms monthly.

Addressing the Public Accounts Committee recently, national coordinator of National AIDS and Health Promotion Agency (NAHPA), Ontiretse Letlhare revealed that Botswana consumes three million condoms per month.

He stated that condoms are vital because they offer dual protection against HIV, unplanned pregnancy, and also play an important role in family planning.

Editor's Comment
Let’s fight GBV as a collective

Botswana for the longest time was known for her virulent peace with family being an enviable institution.As the media, we are also scared to be incessantly reporting on these bloody scenes where women are brutally murdered and worse, sometimes in front of their children and loved ones. Yes, we have reported cases where men were also brutally murdered by their loved ones, but such cases are a drop in the ocean.For the past two weeks, Botswana was...

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