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CHENNAI, DEC. 19. Be faithful to your spouse. It is the only way to ensure that one does not contract AIDS. This was the message that non-government organisations and the Tamil Nadu Aids Control Society (TANSACS) sought to convey to the youth and women who participated in the World AIDS Day celebrations here on Sunday. More than 800 youth and women from self-help groups participated in the programme inaugurated by the Health Minister, N. Thalavai Sundaram. He lauded the efforts of TANSACS and NGOs in spreading awareness about the disease. Recalling his visit to Namakkal where more than 19,000 women were counselled and screened for the disease, he said around 20 children there suffered from HIV/AIDS. Saraswati Sankaran, executive director, Deepam Educational Society for Health, exhorted youth to take an oath to educate their family and friends about the spread of the disease. She cited examples of Corporation schoolboys who were led astray by their wealthy friends and thus contracted sexually transmitted diseases. R. Murugananth, Deputy Director of TANSACS, recalled that the family of a man with two children had been admitted to the government-run TB hospital in Tambaram for treatment for AIDS. The father contracted the disease while working as a truck driver and passed it on to his family. The man, his wife and children were now patients at the hospital. The youths, belonging to Nehru Yuva Kendra and the women participated in a panel discussion h1eaded by Ilanchezian, senior programme manager of AIDS Prevention and Control Project. Later they took out a rally flagged off by V. Kannuchamy, Chennai Collector. The meeting and rally were jointly organised by Nehru Yuva Kendra and National Aids Control Organisation.
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