An Intervention to Increase the Condom Supply in Rural Zambia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 10796795 |
|---|---|
| Authors | David Seidenfeld (Senior Researcher, American Institutes for Research, 1000 Thomas Jefferson Street NW, Washington, DC 20007., corresponding author) |
| Year | 2014 |
| Volume | 45 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 379-387 |
| Publication date | 2014-09-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Studies in Family Planning (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0039-3665 • E-ISSN: 1728-4465 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1111/j.1728-4465.2014.00397.x |
| PMID | 25207498 |
| OpenAlex | W2143189251 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 13 |
More than US$800 million per year is spent on programs in low‐ and middle‐income countries to increase demand for condoms, yet in rural areas of Africa condoms are often distributed for free only by regional health clinics that may be located far from home. Anecdotal evidence suggests that limited supply, resulting primarily from long travel times to acquire condoms, is a major barrier to use. This study investigates the potential unmet demand for condoms in rural sub‐Saharan Africa. I provide empirical evidence of the importance of supply effects, based on an evaluation of a distribution program in which nine agents were enlisted to sell condoms across 92 rural villages in Zambia. I find that the number of individuals acquiring condoms tripled and the number of condoms distributed rose by more than 250 percent. The study demonstrates that individuals in poor rural areas are willing to pay for condoms and provides a model whereby public health goods can be acquired through market forces without the government incurring large costs and without detracting from public health services
Business · Condom · Developing country · Economic growth · Economics · Environmental health · Family medicine · Family planning · Government (linguistics · Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV · Population · Public health · Research methodology · Rural area · Socioeconomics · Adolescent Sexual and Reproductive Health · Global Maternal and Child Health · Medicine · Nursing · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare
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The promotion of condom use in non-regular sexual partnerships in urban Mozambique
Village-based Aids prevention in a rural district in Uganda
The Impact of Condom Prices on Sales in Social Marketing Programs
| Citations per year | 0.14 |
|---|---|
| Citation span | 2019 - 2019 (1) |
| Highly cited | No |