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CONDOM SOCIAL MARKETING BATTLING AIDS IN BRAZIL. Ashley Kerekanich James Dockery Alex Linnenkohl. “No developing country has had more success in tackling AIDS than Brazil” -The Economist. Estimates. Reality.
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CONDOM SOCIAL MARKETING BATTLING AIDS IN BRAZIL Ashley Kerekanich James Dockery Alex Linnenkohl
“No developing country has had more success in tackling AIDS than Brazil” -The Economist
Estimates Reality • According to the World Bank 1.2 million people were estimated to be living with HIV in Brazil by 2000 • The actual figure was half that estimate of 600,000 • By the end of 2007, 730,000 people were living with HIV
DKT International • Social Marketing for a better world • Since 1989, the nonprofit organization has been promoting family planning and HIV/AIDS prevention through social marketing in the developing world. • DKT operates in 14 countries and last year sold over a half-billion condoms, almost 60 million cycles of oral contraceptives, over 11 million three-month injectables, and over 600,000 IUDs. • Every year DKT's innovative programs are saving more lives and improving the health of more families in Latin America, Africa, and Asia.
Recent Stats • BRAZIL: Started by DKT in 1991: Managed by DKT do Brazil • Product Sales in 2008 • Condoms: 91,610,551 • Female Condoms: 303,656 • Percent Change from 2007: 1% • DKT International spends 98% of its operating budget on programs.
Condom Social Marketing Boosts Entire Condom Market in Brazil • Since DKT do Brazil began marketing low-priced, high-quality condoms for HIV/AIDS prevention, total condom sales have more than tripled in Brazil, which once had one of the lowest national condom use rates in the world.
Condom Social Marketing • Condom Social marketing is helping to protect people around the world protect themselves against HIV/AIDS • Through the use of • Targeting • Commercial distribution channels • Privet-sector marketing • Various advertising techniques to sell condoms at subsidized prices • Full Time consumer marketing • Promotions and special campaigns
Questions • AIDS prevention programs in Brazil have proven to be effective do you believe the U.S. could do a better job at promoting condom use? • Do you think that social marketing efforts like the previous slide are effective?