DCEMBER 1 – DAY OF STRUGGLING AGAINST AIDS IN THE WORLD

The Legislative Chamber of the Oliy Majlis of the Republic of Uzbekistan dated on June 7, 2013, approved by the Senate on August 22, 2013, "About fighting against the spread the disease caused by the human immunodeficiency virus (HIV infection), the objectives set in the law of the Republic of Uzbekistan and certain work were carried out on ensuring the implementation of "Strategic program for fighting against the spread of HIV infection in the years 2013-2017 in the Republic of Uzbekistan" in Andijan region, in particular by the center of fighting against AIDS in the region during the past period of this year.

     According to the World Health organization, HIV infection covered all countries in the world today. Special attention is being paid to prevent this disease, fighting against it and enhancing explanatory and propaganda work among people.

In order to provide improving effectiveness of work in this direction and ensure a systematic necessary work is being carried out work by the Centre for fighting against AIDS in the region in cooperation with relevant organizations and general public.

Close cooperation was established with internal affairs, education, secondary vocational education departments, and regional department of "Mahalla" charity public fund, departments of the CSRO, the activists of the regional council of "Kamolot" youth’s movement and large-scale propaganda work is being carried out. Conversations, meetings aimed at the origin of AIDS, its spread, preventing it in businesses, organizations and educational institutions as well as several events among the population groups, youth at high risk of contracting the disease.

In all neighborhoods in cooperation with medical associations meeting and roundtable discussions are being carried out with the participation of community activists, people who came back from abroad and their family members. In addition, in cooperation with the regional, district and city councils activists of "Kamolot" youth’s movement in partnership with schools, high schools, colleges and higher educational institutions on the topic of AIDS prevention more than 2 thousand different events, as well as an essay contest were held on topic "Do you know about AIDS? " among school, high school and college students.

At the same time, necessary information and knowledge is being given on AIDS prevention, healthy lifestyle to the students of vocational colleges and pupils of high classes of schools in cooperation with the teachers of healthy lifestyle subject of secondary schools and activists of "Kamolot" youth’s movement. As part of these activities, participants were given a lot of books, booklets, films were shown.

- Risk of infection of the disease is high in our citizens who came back from foreign countries - says the chief doctor of the AIDS center Bahodir Yuldashev. - So, from the first days a medical examination has been established for our citizens who were abroad for a long period and came back. This prevents entering of the disease to the family from outside, and plays an important role in ensuring the stability of epidemic situation in the region.

The above effort is increasing the efficiency of propaganda work in this direction. They are strengthening people’s especially young people's concept about AIDS and its negative effects, as well as their knowledge on a healthy lifestyle.

Large-scale propaganda work is being carried out by the center's experts in train stations, airports, markets and crowded places. Especially being established of making conversations with the people going abroad before the flight, distribution of booklets with the devastating effects of AIDS to them are serving to increase the vigilance of people.

In a word, effective work is being carried out in our region on the prevention of the AIDS which was considered as a plague of the century, giving comprehensive information for citizens about this disease, its consequences.

Faxriddin IBAYDULLAEV.