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The New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) released a mobile phone application on Monday, Valentine's Day, to make finding free condoms easier. Based on the phone's location, the NYC Condom Finder "app" identifies and lists nearby condom distribution points and provides directions to them."You all call it Valentine's Day, we all call it National Condom Awareness Day," said Dr. Monica Sweeney, the agency's assistant commissioner for the Bureau of HIV Prevention and Control. "When the mind turns towards the heart . it often ends up turning towards sex. Then you need our product." The Condom Finder application is available through the Android Market or Apple's iPhone App Store.
DHMH has distributed free condoms since 1971, and it currently has 3,000 distribution points across the city. While the agency's website lists the venues, the mobile app makes taking preventive measures more convenient and up-to-date.
"We don't want not having access to be the barrier, we want condoms to be [the] barrier," said Sweeney. "What we're doing is working to make New York City the safest city in the world to have sex."
The Friends of AIDS Foundation is dedicated to enhancing the quality of life for HIV positive individuals and empowering people to make healthy choices to prevent the spread of the HIV virus. To learn more about The Friends of AIDS Foundation, please visit: http://www.friendsofaids.org.
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