Safe blood Women and children are the chief recipients of blood transfusions, related to childbirth and frequently given during and after delivery. The appropriate clinical use of blood could help to avoid unnecessary transfusion. Screening of all blood is the ultimate aim. Education for prevention including the use of condoms Condoms, of both the so-called male and female varieties, are currently the only protection methods available. They need to be more widely accepted, available, and used.
Education is needed to promote their use.
Increasing access must be created through free distribution, subsidies, or social marketing so that condoms are truly affordable. It has been shown that even in the most favourable circumstances, male and female condom use is low. The acceptability of these methods remains problematic. The female condom is often felt to be more cumbersome than the male condom and considerably more expensive. Furthermore, women cannot insist upon or control the use of female condoms, either.