Marie Stopes Rebrands Defective Life Guard Condoms Despite Case Filed By Victims
By Our Reporter
The
fight against HIV/AIDS and other Sexually Transmitted Diseases (STDs) in Uganda
has been dealt a huge blow after Marie
Stopes, the distributors of Life Guard condoms, decided to rebrand their
condoms which were banned by the Ministry of Health a few months ago for being
defective.
The
Ministry of Health banned the distribution of Life Guard condoms early this year
after they were found to be defective by the National Drug Authority (NDA) because
many of them had holes and did not conform to the required standards.
Because
of distributing the defective Life Guard condoms, many of the victims who had contracted
HIV/AIDS and other STDs after using the fake condoms sued Marie Stopes and the
National Drug Authority vide case file numner 063 of 2020, of the Hi...