Female sex workers in Lyantonde town say they need access to female condoms to protect themselves from HIV. Although female condoms have been shunned since being introduced in Uganda in the 1990s, sex workers say they need them because their clients refuse to use male condoms.
Lyantonde is a hot spot for sex work because it is a stopover for truck drivers who operate long-distance routes. The truck drivers come from within Uganda and neighbouring countries including Democratic Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Burundi, Tanzania and Kenya.
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