South Sudan State Runs Out Of Free Condoms

This article was last updated on May 25, 2022

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A Volunteer Counselling and Testing senior counsellor, Malual Abraham has said that ministry did not receive any supply of condoms from United Nations (UN) agencies since December 2012.

During the voluntary testing and counselling made between January and March, 36 people were tested and 12 were confirmed positive early this year.

While 46 were tested in February and seven were then found positive and in March four people were also positive as well.

Gurtong found out that when people who work as commercial sexual workers visited Bor civil hospital looking for condoms, they found it difficult for them unless they went to the clinic to purchase.

The age of the affected was between 16 to 38 with both male and female affected equally according to a report on Monday.

The department for HIV/AIDS is getting support from United International Children Emergency Funds (UNICEF), United Nations Development Program (UNDP), United Nation High Commissions For refugee (UNHCR) and UNFA.

 In March during a launch the Antenatal Clinic (ANC) surveillance report of 2012, the health ministry announced a reduction of 0.4% in HIV/AIDS prevalence in South Sudan.

The National Deputy Minister of Health Dr. Yatta Lori Lugor presided over the launch of the report that aimed at determining the prevalence and correlates of HIV and syphilis among pregnant women attending antenatal care in South Sudan and provide information for advocacy, HIV/AIDS programme and evaluation.

The report shows the Greater Equatoria region with highest rates with Western, Eastern and Central Equatoria states at 6.8%, 3.4% and 2.6% respectively.

Jonglei State has a rate of 1.3%, Lakes 2.3%, Western Bar El Ghazal 1.4%, Warrap 1.3%, Unity 1.3%, Upper Nile 2.1% and Northern Bar El Ghazal with the lowest rate of 0.3%.

Consistence in manning the use of the ABC strategy (Abstinence, Be faithful and use Condom) need to be encouraged further though the report shows many South Sudanese are using it well.