South African policy on adolescents' rights to access condoms is causing confusion
Wednesday, January 21, 2009 - 05:42
in Psychology & Sociology
In 2007, South Africa's new Children's Act came into effect, granting children 12 years and older a host of rights relating to reproductive health, including the right to access condoms. But current policies allow individual schools to decide whether or not to give out condoms -- policies that two researchers, writing in this week's PLoS Medicine, say could damage the health of the country's youth.
