Port Blair, Apr 19: A & N AIDS Control Society is functioning under the supervision and guidance of the Project Director. A workshop was conducted on HIV/AIDS, STD Blood Donation motivation and Condom Promotion at Chakkargaon Community Hall on 17.04.2021 at 10.30 am.
The programmes are conducted under the leadership of Dr. M. Joy, Project Director, ANACS. The programme of training of sanitary workers is conceived to get the people at the last mile for creating an awareness regarding HIV/AIDS and its prevention.
Shri Girish Kumar AD(SPM) briefed the gathering about HIV/AIDS, occurrences, spread, treatment and HIV AIDS (Prevention & Control) ACT 2017. The knowledge of preventing discrimination and stigma against HIV/AIDS. And also motivated the gathering for Voluntary Blood Donation, shared the importance and benefits of blood donation. Youths are important target group who need to know all about HIV/AIDS. A large number of them were sanitary workers from PBMC.
We aim to reach out to people in the community and test them where they are, with proper counseling and consent. The programme was concluded with the testing of “Community based Screening” for the participants present in the workshop and came forward for “Knowing their HIV Status” by voluntarily getting themselves tested which will be kept confidential. Pamphlets and other IEC materials distributed for the participants.
