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| Jammu, Nov 29 |15: Mamta health institute for Mother and Child, New Delhi organised Media Sensitization workshop, in association with Jammu & Kashmir State AIDS Control society and Jammu & Kashmir Society for Promotion of Youth & Masses at Hotel K.C. Residency, Jammu. The event was organized under project Vihaan which aims at bringing qualitative improvement in the life of PLHIVs. Dr. Saleem Ur Rehmaan Project Director, JKSACS was present as chief guest. A Rehman, Program Manager, Mamta welcomed all participants and gave detailed outline of the workshop. Risheesh Khajuria, AD (IEC), JKSACS presented the scenario of HIV/AIDS in Jammu and Kashmir and services provided by JKSACS. He said that J.K. State fall under the low Prevalence State where the infection rate among the adult HIV prevalence is 0.17% with estimated population of PLHAs 5000. Sukhwinder Singh, HIV/ TB Coordinator, Mamta explained about the activities taken up under project Vihaan. He said that Vihaan is national initiatives to establish 350 care and support centers across India to provide expanded access to key services, increase treatment adherence, reduce stigma and discrimination and improve the quality of life of people living with HIV/ AIDS. In special session of Voices from community through the medium of case studies, audio video film and positive speaker experiences and challenges of PLHIV was shared.
