via CAAI News Media
PHNOM PENH, Feb 12 (Bernama) -- Fearing the spread of HIV/AIDS during the upcoming Valentine's Day in Cambodia, a non-governmental organisation in cooperation with Cambodian authorities is ready to distribute free of charge of 20,000 condoms, Xinhua said Friday.
Director of Aids Health Care Foundation Chhim Sarath said that the NGO will begin to distribute the condoms to the public during the Valentine's Day celebration which will start from Saturday through Sunday.
Valentine's Day has become one of the popular get-together's day for many young Cambodians over the past several years.
Citing Chhim Sarath, Xinhua reported that the teenagers are the prime target of the distributions, so as to create awareness of the spread on HIV/AIDS, and educate them to avoid themselves from this deadly disease infection.
Cambodia is known as a successful country in Asia to curb with the spread of the HIV/AIDS through 100 percent use of condom campaign.
According to the government's statistics, the prevalence of infection rate has declined from 2 percent in 2006 to 0.9 percent in 2008 for adults aged 15 and 49, and is expected the rate will further decline to 0.6 percent by 2012.
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