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    August 30, 2005

    AIDS ACTIVIST PROTEST UGANDA'S CONDOM SHORTAGE: CALLS FOR GOVERNMENT TO UNLOCK THE CONDOMS AND REJECT ABSTINENCE ONLY APPROACHES

    AIDS activists protest at Ugandan Mission to the United Nations as Uganda's much-lauded HIV prevention program erodes into U.S. financed abstinence-until-marriage approaches.

    (Manhattan) A coalition of AIDS activists held a demonstration in midtown Manhattan outside of the Ugandan Permanent Mission to the United Nations today to bring attention to that nation's severe condom shortage which is putting people at dangerous risk of HIV infection. The crisis has developed over the past ten months as the government of Uganda has stopped its robust program of public sector condom distribution. These condoms previously accounted for 80% of condoms available in the country.

    50 activists delivered a giant key to Mission officials labeled: "Unlock the condoms. Unlock the truth: Condoms Work." Responding to media reports yesterday, the Ministry of Health denied the condom shortage exists.



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