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<p style="font-size: 120%; margin-top: -5px; font-weight:bold;">November 2, 2021</p>
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<br />Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services
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<div style="font-size: 110%; line-height:150%;"><h1 style="clear:both; margin-top: 75px; margin-bottom: 10px; font-weight: bold; font-size: 130%;">Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services to ship free condoms</h1>
<div class="content"><span style="padding-left: 50px;">(COLUMBIA, MO)</span> - In partnership with the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, Columbia/Boone County Public Health and Human Services (PHHS) will offer free condoms that can be ordered online starting Nov. 1, 2021. <br /><br />The condoms can be ordered online at <a href="https://www.showmecondoms.org/store">ShowMeCondoms.org</a> under the ‘Order Condoms’ tab. Anyone within the 37-county HIV care region is eligible to have condoms shipped to them from PHHS. <br /><br />Each order will contain a minimum of 10 condoms and will be limited to a total of 20 condoms. Orders will be shipped within three to five business days after the order has been placed.<br /><br />Condoms can protect against sexually transmitted infections (STIs), HIV and pregnancy. A variety of free condoms are offered by PHHS, including internal and non-latex.<br /><br />"Easy access to free contraceptives suc
h as internal and external condoms is key to having a safe and healthy life," PHHS Health Educator Stephanie Lilly said. "We’re excited to be able to offer these contraceptives for free and with the convenience of ordering online and having them delivered in discreet packaging directly to individuals." <br /><br />The condom distribution program run by PHHS is part of the HIV prevention grant. Funds to begin shipping condoms and other prevention tools were made available by the Ending the HIV Epidemic grant. <br /><br />The 37-county region includes: <br />
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<li>Adair</li>
<li>Audrain</li>
<li>Bates</li>
<li>Benton</li>
<li>Boone</li>
<li>Callaway</li>
<li>Camden</li>
<li>Chariton</li>
<li>Clark</li>
<li>Cole</li>
<li>Cooper</li>
<li>Gasconade</li>
<li>Henry</li>
<li>Howard</li>
<li>Johnson</li>
<li>Knox</li>
<li>Lewis</li>
<li>Linn</li>
<li>Macon</li>
<li>Maries</li>
<li>Marion</li>
<li>Miller</li>
<li>Moniteau</li>
<li>Monroe</li>
<li>Montgomery</li>
<li>Morgan</li>
<li>Osage</li>
<li>Pettis</li>
<li>Pike</li>
<li>Putnam</li>
<li>Ralls</li>
<li>Randolph</li>
<li>Saline</li>
<li>Schuyler</li>
<li>Scotland</li>
<li>Shelby</li>
<li>Sullivan</li>
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<br />Anyone with questions regarding the condom shipping program may email <a href="mailto: SexualHealth@CoMo.gov">SexualHealth@CoMo.gov</a>.</div>
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