21.   He hailed successful efforts to combat the disease such as lowering the price of female condoms and making medication more accessible.

22.   Actress Drew Barrymore joined public health advocates and the makers of the female condom Monday in launching a foundation to educate women worldwide about reproductive health.

23.   Female condoms cost an average of three dollars in rich countries.

24.   The United Nations has added the female condom to its arsenal of anti-AIDS weapons against a backdrop of exploding HIV infection among women.

25.   Two million were sold last year, making Ghana the biggest user of the female condom in the world.