With so many infected with HIV worldwide, most of them through sexual transmission there is an ardent need to use preventive measures. There are so many other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) occurring each year. Refraining from having unprotected sexual intercourse with an infected partner is the best way to prevent transmission of HIV and other STDs. Latex condoms to prevent HIV / AIDS are highly effective. They have to be used consistently and correctly. According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) the correct and consistent use of latex condoms during sexual intercourse – vaginal, anal or oral can greatly reduce the risk of acquiring or transmitting most STDs including HIV infection, gonorrhea, chlamydia, trichomonas, human papilloma virus infection (HPV), and hepatitis B.
You need to use a condom every time you have sexual intercourse. Never use the same condom twice. Condoms, like all contraceptives, are not 100% foolproof. Most condom failure is due to human factors such as the failure to use condoms consistently or incorrect use of the prophylactic. Many of these problems can be corrected through safe sex education, which opponents of condoms also oppose. Poorly manufactured condoms to prevent HIV / AIDS, which are sometimes found in the developing world, or those stored at excessive heats for long periods of time, can also fail. Non-latex condoms, such as those made of sheepskin, are not adequate protect against AIDS because HIV can pass through the larger pores of these condoms.
While condoms are not foolproof, they are highly effective in preventing HIV infection. A study by CDC examining sexually active people who are at high risk for contracting HIV, have, even with repeated sexual contact, 98 – 100% of those who used latex condoms to prevent HIV / AIDS correctly and consistently have not become infected. On August 16, 2001, the United Nations Joint Programme on HIV/AIDS and the World Health Organization issued a statement that said that condoms were “the best defense” in preventing sexually transmitted diseases, including HIV/AIDS.
Effective condoms to prevent HIV / AIDS work by blocking transmission of HIV because the pores in latex condoms are too small to allow the virus to pass through. However, outside of the laboratory condoms are less effective because people do not always use condoms properly.
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