Sun, 25 Feb 2018 09:35:56 +0000 By OLIVER SAMBOKO Free condoms distributed by the Government are being sold at K3 each or in exchange for fish, in Siavonga. Shop owners in the area apparently collect the condoms from the clinics and other outlets, thereby creating an artificial shortage, forcing residents to buy at inflated prices. Siavonga has among the highest prevalence rate of HIV/AIDS at 14.9 percent but which some organisations working in the area put at more than 16.5 percent. The development has raised some concern among locals who say it was negatively affecting the fight against HIV/AIDS and birth control in the area. One resident complained that the people in the area are unable to access free condoms at rural health centres because of crooked traders. “Instead of receiving the condoms free of charge, we are forced to buy from Tuntembas (small home shops) at very high prices,” complained Mr. Given Chadukwa, a […]
