Media Alert- Indigenous Sexual Health Community Service Announcements

Written by Claire Maloney on Sunday, 05 July 2009 12:39

 

Who: SNAKE Condoms are Australia’s first and only Indigenous marketed condoms, created by Indigenous youth, for Indigenous youth. SNAKE Condoms encourage Indigenous youth to practice safe sex, helping reduce the high rates of sexual transmitted infections (STIs), including HIV, and unintended teenage pregnancy prevalent in Indigenous communities which are often rural and isolated. SNAKE Condoms form a part of Marie Stopes Australia’s (MSA) Indigenous sexual health program. MSA is a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to raising funds and implementing projects for improving sexual and reproductive health amongst Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities in Australia.

What: To celebrate NAIDOC Week SNAKE Condoms have created a series of cheeky and memorable Community Service Announcements (CSAs) to as a reminder to Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders to keep their communities sexual health safe during NAIDOC Week. SNAKE Condoms have a range of CSAs featuring SNAKE Ambassador, ex-AFL player Dean Rioli. SNAKE CSAs are designed to remind Indigenous Communities to stay safe for NAIDOC Week by practising safe sex and to use a condom.

When: SNAKE CSA’s are ready to be downloaded now on the SNAKE Website at www.snakecondoms.org.au.php/cms/snake-radio NAIDOC Week is from Sunday 5th July to Sunday 12th July 2009

Enquiries: For media enquiries, please contact Claire Maloney, 0431 279 785

Last modified on Thursday, 24 June 2010 03:40