| THE | ARUSHA TIMES |
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| ISSN 0856-9135; No. 00210 |
March 2 - 8, 2002 |
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AICC launches HIV/AIDS staff programmeBy a correspondent The Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) Management has launched a staff health programme aimed at checking the spread of HIV/AIDS pandemic among its members of staff and spouses. Under the programme a series of seminars are conducted to educate the staff on health matters with special attention on HIV/AIDS. This is in line with the call made by President Benjamin William Mkapa in his New Year’s message to the nation. The President called for total war against HIV/AIDS pandemic. AICC staff is drawn in three groups; each group is allocated two seminar sessions. Under the programme, the first sessions are mainly introductory and aimed at exposing the magnitude of the HIV problem nationally and within the locality and followed by recommended preventive measures. The second session for each group involves sharing experience with people living with HIV virus. The seminars are conducted with the assistance of a technical team from Kilimanjaro Christian Medical Centre (KCMC), led by Mrs. Juliet Chugulu, a public health tutor. Summing up the first session tailored for the management, senior members of staff and secretaries, the Centre’s Acting Managing Director Mr. Elishilia Kaaya, said AICC is committed to waging a protracted war against HIV/AIDS. He underscored the need for individual resolve to observe good moral conduct . These seminars will be extended to the spouses of AICC staff. |
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