International Condom Day was first celebrated 16 years ago to promote the use of this effective barrier method. After reaching a sales peak in 2012, with 180 million units sold in the country, the annual levels have been declining.
The decline, coinciding with the deepening of the economic crisis and the lack of awareness, is also contemporary with a declining HIV mortality rate. Experts insist that there be public campaigns for the correct use of condoms. The government of Javier Milei made an administrative change in its original position against the campaign against the ESI.