48% youth use condoms

Apr 18, 2004

ONLY 48.5% of sexually active secondary school students in Iganga use condoms.

By George Bita

ONLY 48.5% of sexually active secondary school students in Iganga use condoms.

In an interview last week, Patricia Nakanjako, a researcher based at Busoga University, said this showed how carelessly the students lived.

Nakanjako said 30.8% of the students interviewed used contraceptive pills to protect themselves against unwanted pregnancies.

“Schools should provide students with condoms and information about their use. It doesn’t help to tell students to abstain because they are already having sex,” she said.

Nakanjako asked the youth to live responsibly and guard against AIDS.

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