SOLOMONS: Concern over condom vending machines

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Updated January 17, 2008 16:37:04

Some church groups in Solomon Islands are concerned about the installation of condom vending machines in 15 public places around the capital Honiara. The dispensers are part of a project by World Vision aimed at reducing sexually transmitted diseases and unwanted teenage pregnancies.The General secretary of the Solomon Islands Christian Association, Reverend Philemon Riti, has been quoted in the local media as saying the machines are encouraging young people to have sex. Reverend Milton Talasasa from the United Church Assembly spoke to Steve Hassett about the condom dispensers.

Presenter: Steve Hassett
Speakers: Reverend Milton Talasasa, United Church Assembly Human Resource Development Coordinator

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