Prevention

Controversial Ad Campaign Boosts Condom Sales In Nigeria

Published in AIDS Weekly, April 16th, 2001

Although the Society for Family Health (SFH) says it can't figure it out, undoubtedly the Society's explicit radio jingles account for at least part of the 30% increase in condom sales during the first quarter of 2001 over sales in the last quarter of 2000.

According to an article by the Panafrican News Agency (PANA), SFH, a non-governmental organization "dedicated to the campaign against HIV/AIDS and promotion of family planning activities in Nigeria, said it sold 17.6 million condoms in the first two months of this year, out of the 85 million condoms it planned to sell this year" ("Condom sales soar in Nigeria," PANA, April 1, 2001).

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Source: AIDS Weekly (2001-04-16)

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