Global health charity Marie Stopes said Wednesday it had recalled hundreds of thousands of faulty condoms on sale in Uganda , where HIV rates are among the highest in the world .

The recall followed a warning from Uganda ’ s National Drug Authority that the Life Guard brand condoms had failed manufacturing “ quality tests ” because they contained holes and may burst.

The affected condoms were manufactured by India - based MHL Healthcare in April 2019 and have an expiry date of April 2024 , the government regulator said.

Marie Stopes Uganda spokesman David Kamu told AFP on Wednesday that the two affected batches each contained “ around 400 ,000 ” condoms.

Earlier reports had suggested millions of condoms could have been involved but NDA spokesman Fred Ssekyana told AFP the figure was below one million .

Marie Stopes Uganda said more than half of the condoms of concern had been recalled .
“ While the LifeGuard brand follows strict quality controls , unfortunately two recent batches have fallen short of the quality we demand ,” the charity ’s country director , Carole Sekimpi, said in a statement Tuesday .

Marie Stopes is the largest and most specialised sexual reproductive health organisation in Uganda , the charity says on its website .

According to UNAIDS, 1 . 4 million Ugandans are living with HIV .

Last year 53 , 000 people were newly infected with the disease in the East African country , the UN agency said.
( AFP )

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