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“The HIV/AIDS positivity complaint successful Dharwad territory has been declining and present stands astatine 0.38%. However, we whitethorn request adjacent much concerted efforts to marque Dharwad an AIDS-free district. All of america request to enactment successful organising consciousness programmes crossed the district,” Deputy Commissioner Divya Prabhu G.R.J. said successful Dharwad connected Monday.
“There is nary request to fearfulness HIV/ AIDS. What we request is precaution, consciousness and understanding. Awareness is cardinal to conflict the dispersed of HIV/AIDS,” she said.
She was speaking aft flagging disconnected an consciousness jatha organised by the District Health and Family Welfare Department arsenic portion of World AIDS Day connected the premises of the District Health Officer’s (DHO) bureau connected Sunday morning.
The Deputy Commissioner said that HIV/AIDS has been troubling humankind for the past 40 years. To destruct AIDS wholly from society, prevention and consciousness programmes person been extended from the territory level to taluk and colony levels.
To dispersed awareness, IEC (Information, Education and Communication) programmes are being carried retired crossed each taluks and villages done people arts teams, ensuring that accusation reaches each household. Pamphlets, posters, partition posters and assorted media are being utilized extensively for publicity. Youth-focused consciousness programmes are besides being conducted crossed the district, she added.
Dharwad territory presently has 11 Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs), 32 PHCs with F-ICTC facilities, 1 PPP centre, 2 full-fledged ART centres, 2 STI attraction centres, 10 humor banks and 5 enactment and attraction centres.
All authorities hospitals supply escaped testing, escaped treatment, escaped medicine and attraction for HIV-positive and AIDS patients, she noted.
To safeguard the wellness of infected oregon susceptible orphaned children, indispensable measures person been taken nether the District Child Protection Unit’s peculiar foster-care scheme, which has supported 2,037 children truthful far.
Through the Anna Antyodaya programme, 371 HIV-affected individuals person been provided assistance and nether the Rajiv Gandhi Rural Housing Scheme, 476 beneficiaries person been selected for housing.
Various authorities benefits, including skill-development training, are being extended, the Deputy Commissioner said.
Senior Civil Judge P.F. Doddamani, who is besides Member-Secretary of the District Legal Services Authority, said that HIV/AIDS patients request affectional enactment from nine and timely entree to treatment. The authorization provides escaped ineligible consciousness and assistance to HIV-affected individuals, helium added.
The consciousness jatha began astatine the DHO bureau and passed done Dharwad Old Bus Stand, Vivekananda Circle and Alur Venkatarao Circle earlier returning to the DHO office, said a release.
