He said,
The idea was that men don’t like the current design so perhaps something they would be more open to would allow for less HIV transmission. We still haven’t gotten the results.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has given $100,000 to 11 groups also working on a “new generation of condoms that significantly preserve or enhance pleasure.
Gates believes that because the condom feels more like skin than latex, men will be more likely to wear it.
Condom use has gone down in men, mostly because current models do not yield enough pleasure.
Gates said in an ask-me-anything on Reddit last year that he agrees we have yet to see a condom that men do not feel is a burden to wear.