Jan Jagaran Kendra, Alliance India, NACO and Jharkhand State AIDS Control Board jointly organised a special program ‘Vihan’ for HIV +ves of the district. Rameshwar Singh, Secretary Jan Jagaran Kendra, said that this special program Vihan is for those HIV +ves who need medical consultancy, medicines and other supports.
Singh said that under Vihan we are going to start care and support center for HIV-AIDS patients of the district. At this center the patients will feel satisfied both mentally and medically. State Coordinator of Vihan Mohan Mistri advised the HIV +ves to live a controlled life. He said that you can to live like a normal man after changing your lifestyle.
Dr. AP Singh said that Hazaribagh is the first district of India where more than 400 patients are registered with ART center. He said that that NACO will try to identify those patients who are yet not registered through this program. Civil Surgeon Vinay Kumar said that under Vihan program the patients will get answer of all those questions and queries which originates in their mind. Ex-Bhuvaneshwar Prasad Mehta said that to control HIV AIDS people should come forward and talk freely about this deadly disease so that rural mass become aware of it. Acting President of Press Club Umesh Pratap said that in such programs absence of representatives of administration clearly says that administration is not taking this disease seriously.
On this occasion the students of orphan schools of Hazaribagh and Barhi presented an act on HIV-AIDS. Many HIV +ves took part in this program and shared their experiences. Naresh Thakur anchored the program while Amardeep Kumar presented vote of thanks.