Thousands of condoms will be given away free of charge as part of a new campaign to promote condom use rolled out by Fridae, the largest gay and lesbian website in Asia.

Using condoms properly and consistently lowers the risk of HIV and sexually infected infections. However, there are too many reasons why people do not use them, including cost and accessibility. The programme will also make condoms available through the medium through which most gay men meet others for sex - the Internet.

Based on the 2009 MSM Sex Survey, over 75 percent of gay men used the Internet to meet other men for sex in the past six months, by far the most popular "venue" (vs. 22 percent at saunas, 12 percent at public cruising places, etc). The same survey also revealed that only 54 percent of the respondents said they used always used condoms for anal sex with casual sex partners.

The Combat AIDS campaign allows a user to order a box of 30 condoms online which can be picked up or delivered. Each limited edition box contains 30 Combat AIDS condoms, 30 sachets of water-based lubricant and a safer sex leaflet containing information on using condoms properly.

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