Patna: AIDS Activist Honored

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AIDS Activist Honored

Patna: July 8, 2007

Noted AIDS activist and the director of the Regional Aids Training Centre and Networking in India (RATNEI), Dr. Diwakar Tejaswi, on Sunday was honored by retired Justice Bhuwaneshwar Prasad for his contribution toward the treatment of AIDS and raising awareness about the deadly disease that takes thousands of lives each year in India."Dr. Tejaswi's selfless effort to raise awareness about the HIV-related issues is highly commendable and should serve as an example to other people, particularly those in the medical field, since AIDS remains one of the most misunderstood diseases in the world," Justice Prasad said at the function held at Patna's Hindi Sahitya Sammelan.Dr. Tejaswi, whose research papers on AIDS are to be examined by International AIDS Society later this month in Sydney, was being honored at a function organized by the Gramin Vikas.Others present on the occasion included Patna West MLA Nitin Navin, Patna Central MLA Arun Kumar Sinha, Gramin Vikas Samiti secretary S. K. Srivastava, and prominent Patna physicians Dr. Gopal Prasad and Dr. Narendra Prasad.

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