Every year ‘World Aids Day’ is
observed on 1st December to create awareness about the symptoms,
causes and preventives of the pandemic disease HIV/AIDS that has
taken unprecedented number of lives. To accelerate efforts, to take
preventive measures and to be cautious about the impact of the
disease, on 7th December 2016 ‘World Aids Day’ was observed by
Malkapura children parliament members.
The children parliament members along with other club children
observed this event by involving themselves by watching video on the
theme “Save A Life Today”. For around 156 high school students
participated actively in it. Secondly an interactive session where
the following issues on HIV its transmission, staging, stigma,
discrimination, prevention, and treatment were discussed. Further
the parliamentarians actively participated in spreading awareness
hoping that the future generation has the ability to sensitize
others and prevent HIV.