NYK Youths hosts HIV AIDS Control Prevention Awareness Drives

Raipur (Team Newsbuddy): Nehru Yuva Kendra Raipur Chhattisgarh, Ministry of Youth Affairs and Sports, Government of India and Chhattisgarh State AIDS Control Committee, Raipur organised awareness generation workshops on HIV AIDS and its prevention at Dunda, Boriya khurd, Lalpur, Rohinpuram in Raipur and Lawan, Kasdol, Khamariya, Ahilda, Chichirda in Baloda bazar. More than 800 youth and 60 youth clubs were sensitised about the HIV AIDS.

Youths were apprised about HIV AIDS its causes, symptoms and prevention measures along with other sexually transmitted diseases. Furthermore, they were informed that that having unprotected sex led to infection of HIV others means could be transfusion of infected blood, injection of infected person and pregnant mother to their unborn children through their womb. Given the rise in cases in Chhattisgarh, it is imperative that youth must be senisitised about important issues of HIV AIDS, said by Arpit Tiwari, District Youth Officer, Nehru Yuva Kendra Raipur Chhattisgarh.

The services provided by the central and state government to the people suffering from this disease were also discussed. Youth were apprised of the ICTC centre for testing and checking at district and block level. In addition, a safety clinic has been established in the district hospital for the diagnosis and information of sexually transmitted infections and other genital problems.
Furthermore, youth were informed about the National Helpline Number 1097 wherein the functioning and operation Mobile Application 1097 for disseminating information among the masses were also discussed.
Apart from this, the youth were sensitised with the help of educational short films and powerpoint presentation. Information was disseminated through pamphlets and booklets. Youth were sensitized through poster making and rangoli making competition.

Sunita Chansoriya, Durga College, Raipur apprised that youths must be made aware about the life threating diseases so as to create a well informed and capacitated society. In addition, Ishwar Prasad Bande, National Youth Volunteer of Nehru Yuva Kendra also contributed in making the program a success