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Innovation Day for HIV/AIDS Prevention opens |
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Thursday, 12 August 2010 |
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The Ministry of Health and the World Bank (WB) launched the 2010 Innovation Day for HIV/AIDS Prevention with the theme “Community initiative: Preventing AIDS” on August 11 in Hanoi.
It is an activity supported by the WB to collect effective ideas to limit the spread of HIV in the community, contributing to restricting the effects of HIV/AIDS on the socio-economic development of the country.
The organisation board will provide start-up funds for prize-winning innovative ideas to bring them into practice and create opportunities for individuals and units to meet and share experiences in issues of concern.
The participating ideas will focus on five main themes, including models of behaviour change communication; efficient community-based intervention for HIV/AIDS prevention; preventing HIV/AIDS spread from mothers to children; care and support for people living with HIV/AIDS; and mobilising resources from communities and HIV-infected people in preventing the epidemic.
It is expected that 40 prizes will be awarded, each worth about 10,000 USD, said the organisation board.
(Source: VOV)
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