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Nature Medicine 9, 1443 (2003)
doi:10.1038/nm1203-1443b

Health agencies scramble to counter Vatican's 'condom'nation

Xavier Bosch1

  1. Barcelona

The Vatican's well-known opposition to condoms stirred fresh controversy when Roman Catholic leaders announced on television that HIV is small enough to pass through condoms. The World Health Organization (WHO) and others have been furiously trying to counter the messages, saying the Vatican's stance is contributing to the spread of the AIDS epidemic.