India gets its first free condom store


Indian volunteer S. Lalitha (left) from the Integrated Rural Development Services (IRDS) explains how to use a male condom near the Red Ribbon Express(RRE)-III train car during an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign at a railway station in Secunderabad, the twin city of Hyderabad on June 4, 2012. The RRE train goes through 23 States and Union Territories and 162 districts in the country. It will be in Southern Indian state of Andhra Pradesh from May 31 to June 17, to spread awareness on HIV/AIDS and to promote safe behavioural practises. AFP FILE.

NEW DELHI: 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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