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Ministry steps up Aids drive
By KONG SOOK CHIN
100,000 copies of newsletter to be sent out
ONE hundred thousand copies of a newsletter, devoted specially to the prevention of Aids, will be distributed later this month.
The 60,000 English and 40,000 Chinese editions will be sent to voluntary organisations, welfare homes, hospitals and all general practitioners.
Educational Institutions, factories, companies, government departments, statutory boards and members of the public on the Health Ministry's mailing list willn also receive it.
The ministry is also working on a publication for the high-risk groups such as haemophiliacs, homosexuals and prostitutes.
Suit the public
These moves are part of the ministry's stepped-up efforts to educate the public.
Other plans include public talks and the publication of a a new booklet on safety precautions especially for nurses and laboratory technicians.
The training and health education department of the ministry is preparing the special issue of its newsletter, The Health Educator.
The department's medical director, Dr Luisa Lee, said yesterday: "The article Is written to suit the general public and will be illustrated with drawings. "The aim is prevention of Aids. But before you can prevent, you have to help people understand what Aids is, how it is spread, the symptoms and so on."
Aids is a viral disease which destroys the body’s Immune system and renders a person helpless against infections.
It is usually spread through sexual contact with carriers and victims, transfusions of infected blood and the sharing of needles by intravenous drug abusers who are also infected.
Later this month, the department win start its series of talks for the public. The talks will be given to those who ask, said Dr Lee.
See also[]
- Archive of "Three in S’pore found with Aids-linked virus", The Straits Times, 10 April 1985
- Archive of "Aids virus: Doctor who 'found it'", The Sunday Times, 14 April 1985
- Archive of "Special lab to do Aids tests soon", The Straits Times, 18 May 1985
- Archive of "Man with Aids related virus in hospital", The Straits Times, 21 July 1985
- Archive of "Aids: 20,000 cleared", The Straits Times, 29 November 1985
- Archive of "Screening tests likely to uncover more Aids carriers", The Straits Times, 1 May 1986
- Archive of "Aids claims first victim here", The Straits Times, 11 April 1987
- Archive of "Fear of Aids pushes up condom sales", The Straits Times, 19 April 1987
- Archive of "Govt dental clinics phasing out boiling", The Straits Times, 1 October 1987
- HIV/AIDS in Singapore's LGBT community
- Paddy Chew
- Avin Tan
- Ajmal Khan
- Calvin Tan
- Adrian Tyler
References[]
- Kong Sook Chin, "Aids on ‘must report’ list", The Straits Times, 17 April 1985[].
Acknowledgements[]
This article was written by Roy Tan.