AIDS awareness programmes for families of troops launched

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AIDS awareness programmes for families of troops launched

New Delhi, Sep 4 (PTI) Wives of senior IPS officers today launched a massive

HIV/AIDS awareness programme here for families and troops of paramilitary and

central police forces across the country.

The ''train-the-trainers'' programme will aim at imparting education and

counselling techniques for prevention of HIV/AIDS to personnel, including

officers, of the almost eight-lakh strong paramilitary force like CRPF, CISF,

BSF, ITBP, SSB, NSG and SPG.

" The programme launched by the IPS wives welfare association will aim at

creating awareness about HIV/AIDS to all the personnel of the central police and

para-military forces.

" Such an awareness is necessary as the work conditions of these personnel are

arduous and they also have to live away from their homes for long durations

too, " association President Surekha Mathur, wife of Intelligence Bureau chief

Rajiv Mathur, said.

The trainers programme was inaugurated today at the Central Industrial Security

Force (CISF) campus here.

" The aim is to educate both the force personnel and his or her family as both

have to live separately when the earning member is posted at a far-off

location, " Sujata Das, wife of CISF chief N R Das said.

Under the programme, professional trainers and specialists in the field of

HIV/AIDS awareness will hold lectures and practical sessions for both male and

female personnel at various locations of these forces across the country.

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