Condoms and Lubricants in the Time of COVID-19 — Sustaining Supplies and People-centred Approaches to Meet the Need in Low- and Middle-income Countries — A Short Brief on Actions, April 2020

The aim of this brief is to ensure that the COVID-19 pandemic does not disrupt the supply of and demand generation for condoms. Sexual relations may be transformed in the new context of the pandemic, but they have not stopped. While access to male and female condoms has been critical in the global response to reduce HIV, sexually transmitted infections (STIs) and unintended pregnancies over the past three decades, these gains can be lost if condoms are not included in the essential commodities that are freely available to populations during the lockdown of countries.