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YEAR: 1994

CATEGORY: Contraception (Birth Control) and Family Planning

TITLE

In Malaysia, family planning is as simple as ABC.

AUTHORS

DKT International

SOURCE

In: 1994 annual progress report from DKT International. Washington, D.C., DKT

International, 1994. :8.

ABSTRACT

The DKT Malaysia project called Health Education and Lifestyle (HEAL) Program expanded its activities in 1993 as

more adults were taught the message of abstaining from sex, being faithful to one's partner and using condoms

properly. The approach spurred a 189% sales increase in the past year. The HEAL Program started marketing the

Trustex brand of condoms. Distribution is carried out through a national distribution agency, a full-time dedicated

sales force focusing on non-traditional outlets, and individual sales to sex industry management and workers. Total

condom sales for 1993 were 3,639,816 pieces. The Malaysian Ministry of Health collaborates with the HEAL Program

in AIDS and STD prevention campaigns. DKT produced a wide variety of media materials, including a poster series,

booklets, video, and exhibition panels. In 1993, the HEAL Program, in collaboration with the Star, an English-

language daily newspaper, published a cartoon series for safer sexual behavior. For World AIDS Day 1993, the HEAL

Program organized the country's largest motorcycle ride for AIDS and STD awareness. Over 200 super-bikers traveled

from Kuala Lumpur to Penang and back, attending rallies and distributing HEAL Program materials and condoms

along the way. A major project activity of the HEAL Program focuses on AIDS and STD prevention in the workplace,

primarily factories. DKT trains leaders within the workplace, during which the message of safer sex and condom use

is disseminated to employees. This project reaches a significant segment of the target group of men and women

between the ages of 18 and 40. At the same time, DKT is collaborating with the University of Malaysia to develop and

disseminate materials, through private commercial and medical outlets, that create demand for HEAL Program

products. Funded by the UNFPA, a major focus of the effort will be on oral contraceptives, representing a product

extension for the HEAL Program. (PubHealth.info Document ID: CONT2T 4067-06)

PubHealth.info NOTE: The author(s) of this article titled, "In Malaysia, family planning is as simple as ABC.", is(are)

DKT International. The source of this article is "In: 1994 annual progress report from DKT International. Washington,

D.C., DKT International, 1994. :8.". This article was published in 1994 in English language(s). (PubHealth.info®

Document ID: CONT2T 4067-06. All rights reserved with PubHealth.info) PIN: 9067

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