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Anand is Avahan's ambassador
Staff Reporter
Bangalore:
Avahan, the India AIDS initiative of the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, announced on Friday that grandmaster Vishwananthan Anand will be the HIV/AIDS ambassador.
Avahan is the $ 200 million HIV prevention initiative of the foundation in India.
The programme focusses on the six high prevalence States — Andhra Pradesh, Karnataka, Tamil Nadu, Maharashtra, Manipur and Nagaland.
Mr. Anand will be part of Avahans's public education campaigns designed to create awareness about the disease to create a favourable atmosphere for HIV prevention efforts in the country.
He will focus on mobilising the much-needed engagements by business and industry and Non-Resident Indians living abroad.
According to a press release from Avahan, Mr. Anand will be a critical voice both abroad and in India for drawing attention to the devastation the disease has caused and the need for tackling the epidemic head on.
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