Regular Condoms Too Small for Ugandan Men
In the small African country of Uganda, politicians, police and health workers have been flooded with complaints from Ugandan men of condom size. Their complaint is that the condoms to them are simply too small for their penises. This is a critical issue since Uganda has been faced with a difficult battle against HIV and AIDS for the past few decades. Since the mid 2000’s, Uganda had seen a steady decline in HIV cases. However, in recent years, they have seen HIV skyrocket, with close to 80,000 Ugandans dying of HIV/AIDS in each of the last few years. The disease has seen a resurgence and some believe the lack of correctly sized condom availability may have something to do with the rise in HIV. At one point in 1992, nearly 1 in every 5 people in Uganda were HIV positive. The rate in 2005 was just over 6 percent, which is a significant improvement. In 2012, the rate had increased to over 7 percent and seems to be rising each year. The initial success of a nationwide campaign called “ABC...