![I didn't know whether to give them the 'Tuxedo Black' condoms or the 'Large' ones.](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSF5l0Hu_ChD6nrSOuZyb-eGSYhgfkMWqJruPmviW5hwAOJbUw5ktQ0uH4cazG62o6Q8UEWt6E3JxdqtQl-WSEvQ_uuApU6wvhujPB9CI3bRo7Ns_DRVJkdVPeqXxhsfxET1CCwEol_tU/s400/amalthya.jpg)
Sub-Saharan Africa has 770 million residents. The population is expected to nearly double by 2050, and 6.1% of adults are infected with HIV. Assuming that the disease-preventing benefits of condoms would raise life expectancy in the region to the global average of 66 years, the residents would be having 13.5 trillion nights of sex.
At ripnroll, a case of a thousand Lifestyles Large condoms costs $159. At this price, equipping the population of sub-Saharan Africa for a lifetime of sex every night would cost $2.15 trillion, which is less than Joseph Stiglitz and Linda Bilmes' estimate of $3 trillion for the cost of the Iraq War.
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