India gets its first free condom store


In September 2014, Guangzhou United Rubber asked a Chinese court to settle a measuring contest, saying Okamoto was still advertising its condoms as the world's thinnest. - AFP/File / Yasuyoshi Chiba

New Delhi (AFP) - A global charity Wednesday launched a free condom store in India to try to reduce new cases of HIV/AIDS in a country with the world’s third highest number.

The AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF) said the initiative was the first of its kind. 

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