The Social Marketing HIV Prevention Project on March 21 launched a revitalised Number One Plus condom and lubricant pack.
The project is being run by the US Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID). The combo pack, which has two water-based lubricantsachets and two condoms, is being re-introduced with improved packagingto better serve the needs of men who have sex with men (MTM) and otherat-risk populations.
Nguyen Thi Hue, head of HCMCity AIDS Committee's Harm Reduction Department, said that HIV infectionrate among MTM men was 15-16 percent and on the rise.
The usage rate of lubricant and condoms among this group is at below40 percent, making them one of the most at-risk groups for HIV/AIDSintervention programmes in the city, Hue said. -VNA