The female condom.

The female condom and AIDS

The future of the female condom.

Volume 30, Number 3, September 2004 More than 10 years have elapsed since the female condom became widely available, and it remains the only femaleinitiated means of preventing both pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV. The female condom was developed as an alternative to the male condom, and it was hailed as a method that would enable women to have greater contro...

The Female Condom is Safe and Effective

The Female Condom Is Safe and Effective On March 10, 2009, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approved the second generation of the female condom (FC2). Made of nitrile (synthetic latex), the design and appearance of the FC2 are essentially the same as the first generation of the female condom (FC1), which was approved in 1993 and distributed under the brand names Reality and Femidom. ...

Female Condom: Knowledge, Perceptions and Practices among Female College Students

While the female condom empowers females to protect themselves from sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV & AIDS and unwanted pregnancy, its use has been, hitherto, low particularly in developing countries. The study sought to determine knowledge, attitudes and practices of female students concerning the female condom. A descriptive research design was used with a sample of 50 female stud...

Female condom uptake and acceptability in Zimbabwe.

As the first phase of a two-phase prospective cohort study to assess the acceptability of the diaphragm as a potential HIV/STI prevention method, we conducted a 2-month prospective study and examined the effect of a male and female condom intervention on female condom (FC) use among 379 sexually active women in Harare, Zimbabwe. Reported use of FC increased from 1.1% at baseline to 70.6% at 2-m...