Kamuli District officials have expressed concern over the
continued shortage of condoms, which they say could result into new HIV
infections as majority of the population at risk rely only on free
supplies.
The district Antiretroviral Therapy Cordinator, Dr
Goerge Kalende, said they last received condoms in July and that for
the last one-and-a-half months they have been requesting for them but
have not received any from National Medical Stores (NMS).
Dr Kalende said the district had recently received
the latest medical supplies but they did not contain condoms despite
the district having requisitioned for them.
He also said NMS said they had run out of condoms.
However, the NMS spokesperson, Mr Dan Kimosho, said it is likely to
have been a requisition error because NMS received some condoms and has
started distributing them.
More districts complain
“If they clearly indicated that they needed condoms, there is no reason why we didn’t supply them because we have condoms in the store. It is likely that this was an ordering error but we will follow it up,” Mr Kimosho said, adding that some districts were complaining of having been supplied with too many condoms.
“If they clearly indicated that they needed condoms, there is no reason why we didn’t supply them because we have condoms in the store. It is likely that this was an ordering error but we will follow it up,” Mr Kimosho said, adding that some districts were complaining of having been supplied with too many condoms.
Several districts in the country, including
Kalangala, Rakai, Masaka, Rukungiri have reported condom shortage since
July despite the fact that a batch of 200 million condoms procured under
Global Fund remain uncleared for use.
Last month, National Drug Authority officials
warned the country could face a condom shortage following lack of
personnel to test over 200 million condoms before they can be released
for distribution.
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