The National AIDS Control Organisation (NACO) Monday launched the Condom Social Marketing Programme (CSMP), under the third phase of the National AIDS Control Programme (NACP-III), targeting sales of 47 crore condoms across 370 districts of the country. The CSMP will focus on increasing condom availability, particularly in rural areas as well as in non-traditional outlets like grocery shops, roadside...
In the run-up to the Commonwealth Games (CWG), the Delhi AIDS Control Society has planned to install 150 condom vending machines at various public places. While some machines will be in the Games’s Village and inside the stadiums, there will be machines installed at malls, markets, hotels and even paan shops. “We are ready with the machines and now...
LUDHIANA: After working on the oral substitution therapy, the National Aids Control Organization (NACO) will set up a community care centre for HIV patients in the city, the third such in the state. According to information, two community care centres for HIV patients are already functioning in Patiala and Amritsar, respectively. Talking to TOI on Saturday, an official of...
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU) has initiated a massive awareness campaign on HIV/AIDS, through its School of Social Work (SOSW). The program will mainly focus on spreading awareness on HIV/AIDS in India. Through the awareness program, all the fresh students will be mailed with a folder titled ‘HIV/AIDS Prevention guide for students’, carrying basic facts regarding HIV/AIDS. Every...
Ulaganayagan Kamal Hassan, project ambassador of Hridayaragam 2010, announced the details of the upcoming event that is a fund raiser to set up an orphanage for HIV Aids affected children. Held at the Green Park hotel this morning, the media interaction saw representatives from the World Malyalee Council and the Madras Medical Mission who have been involved with Hridayragam...