International Condom Day
February 13 · Level 4 · #1512 of 2238
This day puts safer sex on the table: protection against HIV, other sexually transmitted infections and unplanned pregnancy. The aim is a calm, factual conversation without awkwardness.
How it is celebrated: health organisations run awareness campaigns, hand out information leaflets and free condoms, and doctors answer questions from young people. Most of it takes the form of plain health education.
The condom is one of the few widely available methods that lowers the risk of both pregnancy and infection with HIV and many other infections at once. The date sits right before Valentine's Day, which suits the topic nicely.