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Stocking Up: In Nayapara camp, a refugee visits community health worker Zafor Ullah (right) in his home for a fresh supply of condoms. © UNHCR/I.M.Bayzid
Innovative measures slash sexually-transmitted infections in Bangladeshi camps
Wednesday, 14 Jan. 2009
Having refugees distribute condoms to their fellow refugees is one innovative plank in a three-year programme paying dividends in two camps in Bangladesh.
Wednesday, 14 Jan. 2009
Having refugees distribute condoms to their fellow refugees is one innovative plank in a three-year programme paying dividends in two camps in Bangladesh.
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