Cost
The high cost of the female condom in comparison to the male condom has been a barrer to wider use, particularly in developing country contexts. A way of reducing costs of the female condom is to re-use it. In response to reports that women in certain regions were doing this, the World Health Organization (WHO) published a clinical protocol with guidelines for re-use in July 2002. The protocol states that it is always preferable to use a new male or female condom but where this is not possible, the female condom can be reused a maximum of 5 times if WHO guidelines are followed. WHO is in the process of finalising programmatic guidelines to complement the clinical protocol.
- Cost-effectiveness of HIV prevention in developing countries
- ( E. Marseille; S. Morin; C. Collins; T. Summers; T. Coates; J. Kahn / HIV Insite , 2002)
- This paper argues that HIV prevention interventions in developing countries can reduce the incidence of HIV infection and sometimes save financial resources in the process. It also provides an overvie...
- Does a competitive voucher program for adolescents improve the quality of reproductive health care?: a simulated patient study in Nicaragua
- ( L.E. Meuwissen; A.C. Gorter; A.D. Kester; J.A. Knottnerus / BMC Public Health , 2006)
- This study, published in BMC Public Health, evaluates the impact and sustainability of a competitive voucher programme on the quality of sexual and reproductive health (SRH) care for poor and underser...
