CONTENTS

          Chapters
  1. The Condom Gap: A Health Crisis
  2. Sexual Behavior and Condoms
  3. Knowledge of Condoms and AIDS
  4. How Effective Are Condoms?
  5. New Condoms for the New Millennium
  6. Improving Access
  7. Promoting Condoms
  8. Policies for Condom Use

HIGHLIGHTS

Population Reports is published by the Population Information Program, Center for Communication Programs, The Johns Hopkins School of Public Health, 111 Market Place, Suite 310, Baltimore, Maryland 21202-4012, USA


Volume XXVII, Number 1
April, 1999

Series H, Number 9
 New Condoms for the
      New Millennium

During the past decade a few new types of condoms have reached the market, and other new condoms are being designed and tested. Perhaps the most important event has been the introduction of the female condom, which has proved popular and is now used in over 30 countries (564).

Improved technology and better quality control mean that the best condom manufacturers can now make very uniform, strong, and elastic latex condoms (207, 564). Recent innovations include new materials, sizes, shapes, colors, textures, scents, and flavors and new kinds of lubricants (210). Additionally, new barrier methods and microbicides are being developed.


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