Washington DC to distribute female condoms

Washington DC will become the first city in the US to make female condoms available for free.

The contraceptives will be handed out in beauty salons, convenience stores and high schools in areas with high rates of HIV/Aids infection.



Male condoms have long been handed out but infection rates remain high among Washington's black residents.

Female condoms have been on sale since 1993 but take-up has been slow.