Homeguards Kashmir organise awareness session on ‘Rolling out of MoU’
Srinagar: The Divisional Commandant Home guards Kashmir organised an awareness session on ‘Rolling out of MoU in J&K’ in accordance with the advisory from J&K AIDS Control Society (JKACS) with regard to Rolling out of MoU in J&K.
The session was presided over by Divisional Commandant Home Guards Kashmir Firdous Iqbal.
In his welcome address, Divisional Commandant Homeguards Kashmir who is also the nodal officer Kashmir Province gave a brief about the awareness session.
During the programme, senior medical officer (ART) had a detailed interaction with the participants who sensitized them about the disease, modes of communication/transmission, precautions, medication, among others.
He informed the participants on the risk of getting or transmitting HIV particularly with using syringes/needles recklessly and the reports of such activity being undertaken by those addicted with substance abuse/drug menace.
During the session Assistant Director Mainstreaming KACS sensitized the participants about the corresponding legal aspects besides the importance of holding of further identical events in future also.
The session evoked an animated response from the participants and the queries thereof were accordingly addressed to by the concerned JKACS officials.
