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JEAN MARIE MBONYINTWALI [ Profil ] |
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Re : [GYCA-CentralAfrica] Rwanda imposes ban on ‘leaking’ condom
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Thank you guy for the information.
I'm outside the country.
Jean-Marie MBONYINTWALI
Program Officer RPRPD-Parliament
Rwanda Decentralization and Health Program
IntraHealth International
P.O.Box 4585 Kigali-Rwanda
Mobile Tel. :(+250) 0788859946
E-mail: jmbony04 (at) yahoo.fr
" The goal is a dream with a deadline!"
--- En date de : Ven 18.9.09, Jean Luc UGIRASHEBUJA a écrit :
De: Jean Luc UGIRASHEBUJA
Objet: [GYCA-CentralAfrica] Rwanda imposes ban on ‘leaking’ condom
À: "JEAN MARIE MBONYINTWALI"
Date: Vendredi 18 Septembre 2009, 16h47
Merely days after Kenya and Zambia banned the condom brand known as Hot
after realizing that it was leaking, Rwanda has also ordered the brand off
the shelves.
A Wednesday statement by the Rwanda Bureau of Standards (RBS) in
collaboration with the Ministry of Health and the National Aids Control
Commission (CNLS) warned the general public of this condom brand.
Our inspectors are now everywhere in the country, they have withdrawn the
brands in Kigali and are continuing elsewhere. We issued public notices and
have told CAMERWA to be strict, said Patrice Ntiyamira, Director of the
Metrology and Material Testing unit at RBS.
The non-profit entity, CAMERWA, established by government in 1988, acts as
the central procurement body for drugs, consumables and equipment in the
country.
Dr. Anita Asiimwe, the CNLS Executive Secretary, said the brand is banned
until further notice.
We actually worked with RBS on this because it is not in our mandate. Right
now, what we know is that the condoms leak, said Dr. Asiimwe.
Neighbouring Uganda was also this week reported to be investigating the
lethal brand of condoms.
The statement also calls upon the general public to neither buy nor use that
particular brand.
The Kenya Bureau of Standards (KBS) banned the condom last week after
detecting a 100 percent failure rate.
Ntiyamira revealed that the regional standards bodies have a common ground
where they alert each other. He regretted that no quality analysis was done
before the condoms were allowed into the country.
This comes as CNLS announced that in December it will embark on a
three-month national condom use awareness campaign that will involve the
introduction of condom-dispensing machines in most work places so people can
access them easily.
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Mr Jean Luc UGIRASHEBUJA
Rwanda-Africa
Tel:+250 783584078
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