New York City Hall will soon release a branded official city condom to encourage its use. Currently, the city distributes 1.5 million free condoms monthly in ordinary wrappers.

Plans are in place to implement a distinctive package design for the city's official condom, be it a subway themed one with the lines shown in different colors.

Indian censoring authorities want to ban daytime screening of a advertisement promoting 'XXX' strawberry, chocolate and banana flavored condoms. They perceive the catch line "what is your flavor of the night" as offensive.

The Chairperson of the censor board of India, Sharmila Tagore expressed his thinking on the ads in strong words to the Times of India newspaper.

Zimbabwean hairdressers will give free condoms to their clients under an innovative program to reduce HIV infection, backed by a $37 million grant from the British government.

The hairdressers have been recruited under a five-year campaign to reduce new infections by increasing testing and encouraging safer sex.

Meas My, a HIV-positive Cambodian man jailed for 10 years, as his wife charged him for having sex without using condom.

The 40-year-old man was arrested in January last year after his wife complained to police about his refusal to use a condom during sex.

A reproductive charity is encouraging Britons to take part in Europe's first "Masturbate-a-thon."

Marie Stopes International is co-hosting the event in Clerkenwell, central London, with Terrence Higgins trust, an HIV/AIDS charity.

A Marie Stopes spokeswoman tells Reuters, "It is a bit of a publicity stunt but we hope it will raise awareness... We want to get people talking about safer sex, masturbation and to lift taboos."