The Ministry of Health of the Province of Buenos Aires will pay some 500 million pesos by purchasing a million pots of”intimate lubricant gel“, as “care items” for people to use during sexual intercourse. After learning the news, the Buenos Aires authorities They ruled out that it is a new program and they gave details of the acquisition of these products after a controversy arose.
As reported in the official shopping site of the Province, in the reallocation of the budget item, the agreement was signed with the company Farmacoop. In this sense, the government of Axel Kicillof will pay 500 pesos for each of the pots on a total purchase of one million units.
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“Gel was always bought that was delivered along with condoms. What was changed is the presentation of the gel to be purchased,” explained sources close to the portfolio that leads Nicolás Kreplak to PROFILE. In this way, the gels can be delivered without the prophylactics and thus “minimize waste” (not all people who use condoms use gel) and “optimize investment,” they said.
“It is a product that exists on the market at a higher cost to which the Ministry of Health will pay. In other words, this product today is exclusive to those who can pay for it,” they added. On this point, they specified that the value is around 1,700 pesos, against the 500 that the Buenos Aires ministry will pay.
The official document mentions that “the use of lubricating gel decreases the chances of condom breakage when having sex.” He also clarifies that it is a tool “recommended for the practice of anal sex“and it can be used for different population groups, such as the trans population o post menopausal women what take some medication It decreases the vaginal discharge population, for example.
For this reason, they assured that it is a policy of STI prevention (Sexually Transmitted Infections) and pregnanciesbut “in a vulgar and unknowing way associate directly and solely with pleasure“. The gels will be distributed, like the condoms, in primary health care centers to deliver to whoever requires it.
Asked if it was a new program that would bear the name “Make me yours”the sources ruled it out and clarified that it was a confusion, since that phrase is found on the packaging of the product.
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After the initiative became known, different opposition leaders demonstrated through their social networks to question the Kicillof administration, considering that it would not be a priority measure. “New program ‘Make me yours’ by Axel Kicillof: he spent $500 million to buy pots of intimate gel. Believe it or not, those They are the priorities of Kirchnerism“, wrote the deputy of Together for Change, Diego Santilli.
“We urgently need to know if it is true that they are going to spend 500 million pesos on the purchase of 1 million intimate gels. If true, stop this madness“Wrote his bench partner on Twitter, Cristian Ritondodirectly captivating the Buenos Aires governor and his Minister of Health.
Along the same lines, the mayor of Tres de Febrero, Diego Valenzuelapublic: “The priorities of the people of Buenos Aires go elsewhere. A government more focused on work, production, works, education and security is needed.”
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