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Chandigarh 01st December:- The Public Health Dispensary Sector 25 run by Department of Community Medicine, PGI Chandigarh,on the occasion of World AIDS Day, organized a health education cum awareness camp in collaboration with Family Planning Association of India (FPAI), Mohali branch. The purpose of the camp was dissemination of Information regarding HIV infection with special focus on prevention of transmission of HIV infection in pregnant women and the newborn.
A health talk was given on the prevention of parent to child transmission in HIV to a gathering of around 50 pregnant women and adolescents. Dr. Urvi Sharma, Senior Resident opened the discussion and introduced HIV infection to the audience. Dr. Kirtan Rana, Junior Resident lectured the audience regarding various means to prevent parent to child transmission such as primary prevention, family planning, drug therapy and care of newborn. At the end of the talk an interaction session was held with the audience and their queries were resolved by Kamal Behal, Gurdev Singh, Mrs. Manpinder kaur, Ms Arvinder Kaur. Health education material such as pamphlets and informative booklets were distributed to all the attendees.
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