Like the CDC, the State Department’s Agency for International Development
(USAID) has censored its web site to remove information on the
effectiveness of condoms. As recently as February 2003, USAID’s web site
included two detailed documents on condom effectiveness.

The document The Effectiveness of Condoms in Preventing Sexually
Transmitted Infections stated: “Latex condoms are highly effective in
prevention of HIV/AIDS” and “Public and government support for latex
condoms is essential for disease prevention.”[5]
The document USAID: HIV/AIDS and Condoms also stated that condoms are
“highly effective for preventing HIV infection.” It called condom
distribution a “cornerstone of USAID’s HIV prevention strategy.”[6]
USAID then substantially altered its web site. The document The
Effectiveness of Condoms in Preventing Sexually Transmitted Infections is
no longer available.

The document USAID: HIV/AIDS and Condoms states only that “condom use can
reduce the risk of HIV infection” and “[w]hile no barrier method is 100
percent effective, correct and consistent use of latex condoms can reduce
the risk of transmission of HIV and some other STIs.”[7]