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Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>A 2020 study by The Aids Support Organisation, TASO in collaboration with the Ministry of Health reveals that girls in Buyende and Mayuge districts wash and reuse condoms for protection against HIV and unplanned pregnancies.<\/p>\n

Speaking at an event geared towards discussing the agenda for national dissemination of 2022 Community Score Card, CSC findings, Ms Irene Murungi, the senior technical advisor gender at TASO and Uganda Aids Commission (UAC) said girls of reproductive age are also sharing used condoms.<\/p>\n

\u201cThere are a number of girls that actually are still reusing condoms and some are actually borrowing from their friends. They go and use, afterwards, they come put in Omo and put in the sunlight [to dry]. They keep, tomorrow they use or they give a friend to use,\u201d Ms Murungi said.<\/p>\n

CSC is a strategy to improve HIV clinical services in Uganda.<\/p>\n

Ms Murungi said reusing condoms is ineffective in the fight against HIV.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is not effective in preventing HIV infections and our call to Ugandans is to sensitize the people and the service users so that they are able to know the correct use and the right use and the quality of the items they use especially condoms. If it is not packed, if it is expired, then it\u2019s not worthy for use. It is happening within our country,\u201d Ms Murungi said.<\/p>\n

She attributed this actions of the users, especially the girls in the communities that reuse condoms to lack of access to the right information on condom use and HIV prevention.<\/p>\n

According to Dr Nelson Musoba, the Director General, UAC, \u201cCondoms are not reusable. So that\u2019s wrong if that finding shows that condoms are being washed and reused. That\u2019s wrong because they will not work as well as they should.\u201d<\/p>\n

To avert the danger of HIV infections, Dr Musoba said \u201cwe will continue to raise campaigns for people to know correct [way to use condoms]. The issue about condoms is correct and consistent use. That a condom is used once, you first check and make sure that it is viable, that it\u2019s not broken, it\u2019s not expired, you wear it correctly and you use it only once. So we just need to continue educating the population. The health workers will do that. Other leaders will do that to make sure that people do not put themselves at risk by reusing condoms.\u201d<\/p>\n

Ms Evelyn Bukirwa, the coordinator of The International Community of Women living with HIV Eastern Africa, ICWEA, asked different stakeholders to show commitment towards ending AIDS by 2030.<\/p>\n

According to her, \u201cthat cannot happen if stakeholders don\u2019t take part.\u201d<\/p>\n

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