HIV/AIDS Mainstreaming Training Carried out for CRPF Personnel

Tarun Karthick

Port Blair, 30 July 2023

Andaman & Nicobar Islands AIDS Control Society took a proactive step in the direction of elevating consciousness about HIV/AIDS by organising a mainstreaming coaching programme for the Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) personnel deployed for inner safety responsibility at District Jail, Prothrapur. The informative session, held on July 28, 2023, aimed to equip the officers with important information concerning the virus and its implications.

Under the supervision of Dr. Subrata Saha, Project Director of A&N AIDS Control Society, the coaching programme make clear the important facets of Human Immunodeficiency Virus (HIV), a illness that targets the physique’s immune system, particularly the white blood cells often called CD4 cells. The virus progressively weakens an individual’s immunity, making them extra inclined to opportunistic infections like tuberculosis, fungal infections, and extreme bacterial infections.

Mr. Girish Kumar, AD (SPM) of ANACS, elaborated on the importance of understanding HIV/AIDS and the way such consciousness programmes can assist in combating the unfold of the virus. With a complete of 42 CRPF personnel actively collaborating within the coaching, the informative session coated key matters regarding HIV transmission, prevention, and the significance of normal testing and medical look after these contaminated.

The interactive session additionally included a query and reply phase, permitting the officers to hunt clarification on any doubts or issues that they had relating to the virus and its affect.