SILCHAR/SIVASAGAR/GOSSAIGAON, Dec 1: In view of the growing menace of AIDS everywhere, all the districts of Assam observed the World AIDS Day with much ado. The Central and the State Government has also launched several awareness campaigns in association with NGOs to put a check on the spreading of the deadly virus. One such NGO, which is serving the people with commitment, is the Rotary Club.
The Silchar Branch of Rotary club organized a street show on the occasion of World AIDS Day today by dramatizing the evil effects of the disease by projecting AIDS in the shape of a demon to wreck a person mentally and physically. The street show, besides drawing crowds around, also bagged applauds from the viewers from all classes.
The message conveyed in the street show is to create consciousness among the people about the symptoms and the causes due to which a person can contract the disease. Barak Valley is fast emerging as a region with high incidence of AIDS, which is a cause of alarm. So far, the States of Manipur and Nagaland have been the worst hit with the disease but, according to official records, the entire Northeast is gradually slipping into the claws of the disease.
In conformity with the worldwide observation of the day, World AIDS Day was observed in Sivasagar with a day-long programme. In Sivasagar, the day was observed under the aegis of District Health and Family Welfare Department in Association with the district administration.
A rally was taken out in Sivasagar to generate awareness among the people about the dreaded disease. Students from different institutions, health department staff and NGO representatives took part in the rally by displaying banners, festoons and placards on different HIV/AIDS related messages.
Later, speaking at a public meeting held on the occasion, Deputy Commissioner NM Hussain, while expressing his concern at the rising number of HIV/AIDS cases, urged on the need to generate awareness among the public about the measures to be taken to avoid from communicating the disease. He also said that 31 HIV/AIDS patients have been detected in the district till date.
Dr Akhil Hazarika, while addressing the meeting as the resource person, gave a detailed account on the various aspects of the disease and about the preventive measures to be undertaken to save oneself from contracting it. Health Services Joint Director Dr N Bhuyan presided over the meeting and Dr Udayaditya Rajkonwar delivered the welcome address.
A quiz competition was also organized on the occasion, in which students from different educational institutions of the district participated.
The World AIDS Day was observed at Gossaigaon subdivison with equal fervor today. An awareness programme was conducted by a local NGO Social Welfare Society (SWS) to create consciousness about the disease among the people here.
MLA Majendra Narjary, during the meet, said the day is observed to spread awareness among people about the deadly disease, its causes and the ways in which one can contract it. More than 25 million people have died of AIDS between 1981 and 2007 and an estimated 33.2 million people worldwide are living with HIV since 2008.
“On this World AIDS Day, the universal theme is to make a commitment to honour and respect the dignity of the vulnerable people who are living with HIV infection all over,” said MCLA and advisor of SWS Rajen Narzary during the meeting. THE SENTINEL
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