D.C. to be first U.S. city to give away free female condoms to fight HIV/AIDS
By Darryl Fears
Washington Post Staff Writer
Saturday, March 6, 2010
The District will become the first city in the United States to distribute female condoms free, part of a project that will make 500,000 of them available in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in parts of the city with high HIV rates.
City officials said the distribution could begin within the next three weeks in parts of wards 1, 2, 3, 6 and 7, where a study showed that large numbers of African American heterosexuals engage in risky sexual behavior that could easily lead to infection.
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