Bhopal:Friday, September 12, 2008:What’s AIDS? What’s the difference between HIV-positive and AIDS? . How can females protect themselves? These were some of the questions posed by girl students of Government Sarojini Naidu College at the special ‘campus’ here today which was organised with the cooperation of Madhya Pradesh State AIDS Control Committee and Akashwani. Answers were given by Committee representative Dr. Apoorva Chaturvedi. She urged the girl students to acquire awareness themselves and make others aware.
The girl students also posed questions of peer pressure and relationship. The enthusiasm and fervour shown the participants at the maiden recording of the programme give a clue that the efforts being undertaken by the State AIDS Control Committee are going to meet with stupendous success. Help of songs and music was also taken with a view to make this youth awareness programme more entertaining and attractive. This ‘campus’ programme would be broadcast from 14 centres of Akashwani and Vividh Bharti’s Bhopal, Indore and Jabalpur centres on Monday from 6.30 to 7 pm. Later, campus programmes will also be held in the colleges of other districts and broadcast in the same manner.