CURATED BY – MOHMMAD MUNEER | CITYCHIEFNEWS

Umaria, On the occasion of World AIDS Day, a rally was taken out from the district hospital premises on AIDS Day under the guidance of District Chief Medical and Health Officer S.B. Chaudhary of Pandit Deendayal Upadhyay District Hospital Umaria.

The rally was flagged off by District Hospital Chief Medical and Health Officer S.B. Chaudhary, Nodal Officer Dr. Mukul Tiwari, Dr. Sandeep Singh, Lab Technician Virendra Sharma. In the rally, the message of AIDS awareness was given to the people through posters, banners as well as slogans. The rally started from the district hospital premises and reached the hospital again via Gandhi Chowk, Jai Stambh Old Bus Stand. The rally was concluded here. In the rally, nursing college students and youth team members gave the message of awareness by raising slogans like Use safe blood, use disposable syringes. There is no fear of AIDS, we have the right knowledge of it…etc.

This is how the infection spreads…

CMHO Dr. S.B. Chaudhary said that AIDS Day is celebrated on 1 December. AIDS does not occur by coming in contact with an infected person. Also, this disease does not spread by touching, sitting with and eating with an infected person. This disease spreads by having unsafe sex with an infected person. The same nodal officer Dr. Mukul Tiwari said that World AIDS Day is celebrated every year on December 1 for the purpose of public awareness. This year's theme is 'My health, my right'. HIV-AIDS is an incurable disease. Prevention and awareness is the only way to prevent it. For this, people need to be aware.

Stay away from myths...

There is a need to remove social myths about AIDS, to inspire the youth for diet, nutrition, cleanliness and healthy lifestyle. In the presence of Chief Medical and Health Officer, Nodal Officer in the District Hospital Meeting Hall, Youth Team Umaria members, Tirupati Balaji Paramedical College and Vivekanand Paramedical College students were honored by giving AIDS Day memento and certificate. District Malaria Officer Dr. B. was present in the program. S Chandel, Lab Technician Virendra Sharma, Anuj Rajak, Manish Patel, Shivanshu Singore, Budhram, Priyanka Yadav, from the youth team Himanshu Tiwari, Khushi Sen, Varsha Barman, Muskan Mahobia, Sakshi Raidas, Farhana Khatoon, Sulekha Rathore, Lakshmi Mahobia, Sania Chaudhary, Sanjana Kewat, Shalini Chaudhary, Khushi Pathak, Shreya Dahiya, Anusuiya Dahiya, Mehak Soni, Durgeshwari Singh Paraste and hundreds of students and youth were present.