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Marie Stopes Rebrands Defective Life Guard Condoms Despite Case Filed By Victims

Marie Stopes Rebrands Defective Life Guard Condoms Despite Case Filed By Victims

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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...