In the selected 200 colleges of the State, ‘Red Ribbon Club’ will be constituted, officials informed.
Through National Service Scheme (NSS), in all the districts, during the camps, students should be provided information in detail regarding HIV, AIDS, its prevention and importance of blood donation, said Dr R R Sahni, Project Director, Chhattisgarh State AIDS Control Committee and Director, Epidemic Control.
He was addressing a meeting-cum-workshop of NSS nodal officers of 27 districts of the state.
Sahni pointed out that in state around 13000 HIV infected patients are being provided free of cost medicines through five Anti-retro viral Therapy Centres.
The NSS Nodal officers were given detailed information on HIV AIDS, malaria, dengue, swine-flu and other communicable diseases.
Dr Sahni said, “Generally HIV affects persons in age group between 15 to 49 years more. All preventive measures should be taken so that the blood of HIV patients does not enter into body of normal person.