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Nigeria's leaking condoms

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Special Report by Paul Adepoju
Condoms, public health experts believe are to a large extent the most popular and widely accepted method of safe sex since it has become almost impossible to preach abstinence without being taunted.

Furthermore, they are the cheapest tools in the global fight against HIV/AIDS and in many parts of the world including Africa condoms are freely distributed to everyone who care to have one.

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