“China-made condoms are too small for Zimbabwean men” – Health minister

Zimbabwe’s health minister David Parirenyatwa has challenged private manufacturers in the country to produce condoms big enough to satisfy his country men.

Parirenyatwa raised concerns on behalf of his countrymen at a recently-held AIDS Summit, saying condoms being produced and imported from China are not of the right size.

He said, “You know this region, the Southern African region, has the highest incidence of HIV and we are promoting the use of condoms; both males and females.

“The youths now have a particular condom that they like but we don’t manufacture them. We import condoms from China and some men complain that they are too small.

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“We need to look at that; you need to able to have your own condoms. So, if you want to be a big businessman, then manufacture them (condoms) for the region.”

Zimbabwe is said to rank as the sixth highest HIV-plagued country in sub-Saharan Africa at 13.5%, with about 1.3 million of the country’s population living with the virus.