Pass not the condoms

The medium is not the message in a reported plan of the Department of Health (DOH) to distribute condoms in schools across the country starting in 2017 as part of the government’s efforts to arrest the spread of HIV/AIDS among young Filipinos.

An official of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of the Philippines recently noted an increase in the number of Filipinos aged 15 to 24, who are “mostly high school and college students” reported to be afflicted with HIV/AIDS.