MARAWI CITY, Lanao del Sur, Dec. 11 (PIA) --- In line with the World AIDS Day commemoration, government health workers in the Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (ARMM) embark on a month-long awareness campaign on human immunodeficiency virus infection/acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS) in the region this December.
“We want to raise the level of understanding of residents in ARMM on HIV/AIDS,” said Saida Alih, Department of Health (DOH)-ARMM information officer.
Alih said they have tapped the help of religious scholars in providing key information about AIDS in a manner that recognizes the cultural sensibility of the region’s vastly Moro population.
DOH-ARMM has recorded four cases of AIDS in the region in 2010. No case has been reported this year.
Kadil Sinolinding, ARMM’s health secretary, said they don’t put aside the possibility of unreported cases considering the stigma attached to the disease.
He said they want to help eradicate AIDS by educating people about the disease. (Kistine P. Abatayo, OJT – Bureau of Public Information-ARMM)
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