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23.11.2012 World AIDS Day in Irkutsk
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Join Irkutsk Regional branch of the Russian Red Cross to celebrate the World AIDS Day!
The prevention event entitled “AIDS – four letters – a million of lives”, organized by the Irkutsk Regional branch of the Russian Red Cross, will be delivered on November 19th - December 1st.
It is planned to conduct several activities within this time period:
“Weekly Prevention” will be held for 2 weeks by volunteering instructions on November 19th - December 30th. They will deliver lectures to Irkutsk school children and vocational school students on HIV prevention.
Traditional “Informational Booths” are planned on November 27th – 30th at three universities of Irkutsk: East-Siberian State Academy of Education (November 27th), National Research Irkutsk State Tech University (November 28th), Irkutsk State Linguistic University (November 29th) from 11 a.m. till 2 p.m.
World AIDS Day will be held on December 1st from 11:30 a.m. till 1:00 p.m. in the form of “A Positive Hand Shake” event on Uritskiy Street.
The prevention event “AIDS – four letters – a million of lives” will be finished with the “Live. Dance. Love” party at “Megapolis” nightclub, which supported the humanitarian initiative. Two-week activities will be wrapped up at the party on December 1st at 11 pm.
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Irkutsk Regional branch of the Russian Red Cross appreciates the partners for support:
Irkutsk Regional AIDS Center
“Megapolis” nightclub
Informational portal WEACOM.RU
Radio «МСМ», FM 102.1
Join us! We are going to keep you posted on the website of Irkutsk Regional branch of the Russian Red Cross at http://www.redcross-irkutsk.org
Note:
The idea of celebrating World AIDS Day was given by the World Health Organization. 140 countries supported it worldwide. This day was celebrated first on December 1st 1988 after the international meeting of health ministers. There was an appeal at the meeting to enact social tolerance and enhance information exchange in regards to HIV/AIDS.
For further information, please, contact
Gulnara Karimova, prevention work coordinator at + 7 (3952) 382-557, 89086464691
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