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Public Health Messages

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1. Nonoxynol-9 provides no protection against STIs or HIV and should not be used for disease prevention.
   
2. Nonoxynol-9 containing products should not be used rectally. To do so could increase your risk of getting HIV or other STIs.
   
3. Vaginal contraceptive products containing Nonoxynol-9 remain a viable contraceptive option for women at low risk of HIV who do not engage in multiple acts of intercourse in one day.
   
4. At higher frequencies of use (more than once a day), Nonoxynol-9 may facilitate HIV transmission; therefore women who have frequent sex or are at risk of HIV should use another form of contraception.