Togo to distribute over 10m condoms to fight diseases

Over ten million male and female condoms
will be distributed between now and the end
of June in ten Togolese towns, including the
capital Lome ,
a media report said on
Thursday.
It said that the distribution campaign was
launched in Lome by the National Anti-AIDS
Committee.
It said in collaboration with the Togolese
Association for Social Marketing and
Communication for Health and the Project
Management Unit of the Global Fund to Fight
AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria.
"The condoms will be distributed in a
targeted manner during the campaign that
aims to reinforce communication so that
people can change their behaviour in favour
of utilisation of condoms during sexual
intercourse,’’ it noted.
The coordinator for the National Anti-AIDS
Committee's secretariat, Vincent Pitche, said
the national campaign would target youths
and urban population.
"We want to encourage the targeted
population to change their behaviour and
promote use of condoms because this has two
benefits.
"It will help to prevent unwanted
pregnancies and contamination of HIV/AIDS.
"Our objective is to have an AIDS-free

generation by the year 2020 ,’’ Pitche said.