To prevent HIV / AIDS be the waves ...

' Don't leave lonely newspapers on the journey to prevent HIV / AIDS. The press is an important vaccine to prevent AIDS, but newspapers alone cannot kill AIDS . HIV / AIDS is excluded only when the society and each family and each person are aware of their responsibility to join hands to prevent and fight. Community consensus, regular propaganda will be necessary waves to wash away HIV / AIDS . '. The words of a journalist are also the common thinking of many people when participating in the ' Vietnam Press Forum with HIV / AIDS prevention and control ' held on November 29.

The Forum " Vietnam Press with HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control " is an activity that took place in the 2007 AIDS Campaign, which was organized by the National Committee for AIDS Prevention and Drug Prevention. , prostitution launched. This is also the activity towards World AIDS Day on December 1, 2007 under the theme: ' Strengthening leadership - Maintaining the commitment - Determining to prevent AIDS ' launched by the United Nations.

Participating in this forum were representatives of the Department of HIV / AIDS Prevention and Control, members of the 'Vietnam Journalists' Club with HIV / AIDS Prevention' and numerous domestic journalists. The forum has really gone into the nature of many issues and is also an opportunity for journalists to share their experiences in HIV / AIDS prevention and control.

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Want to prevent HIV / AIDS be the waves .

In the exchange with journalists at this Forum, journalist Kim Ngan, the program of " The founder of the warm nest " of Vietnam Television, had a big thought to agree: To prevent HIV / AIDS is not about making loud and loud propaganda for a few days, but it is more formal than creating actual effect. These days we see HIV / AIDS everywhere, but what happens after the campaign month passes? No one will mention AIDS and consider it as someone else's job. Therefore, consider HIV / AIDS prevention as well as propagating about it as a regular, continuous and oriented work. This is said as a journalist mentioned in the exchange is 'it is like waves, every wave follows the other wave, steadily, continuously, without rest'. This is really necessary and vital for us to achieve the best effect in preventing AIDS.

Currently, the propaganda for HIV / AIDS prevention in Vietnam usually takes place only 'seasonally', which is exciting and strong in the campaign phase and then almost abandoned. Such propaganda does not create both effectiveness and formality. To overcome this situation right now, we need to make a specific roadmap for regular communication activities. Propaganda can be carried out in many forms from dialogue, face-to-face meetings, via print, paper, radio to television, electronic newspapers .

Overview of Forum " Vietnam Press with HIV / AIDS prevention "

At the same time, for the press, the propaganda of HIV / AIDS prevention does not mean that the condemnation is so strong and real, making people afraid of HIV / AIDS and fear and alienation . even those infected with HIV. The current reality is that the press propaganda sometimes goes to the wrong problem but the effect is the opposite. Therefore, creating a continuous wave but that wave must be directed and reasonable. The issues are subtle, the stories are full of humanistic spirit of people infected with HIV but still rise to live well, live beautiful, useful life should be directed more . as well as the propaganda to It is essential for people to understand, be close and truly sympathize with people with HIV.

Roll into reality and action .

Propaganda on HIV prevention but if we only speak and speak, it will not work. Meetings, discussions, forums, clubs established for HIV / AIDS prevention are necessary, but if everything just happens in the magnificent, glossy meeting rooms, it will not go anywhere. HIV / AIDS will still exist and increase in society. So what journalists in the 'Vietnam Press with HIV / AIDS' Forum put forward is very accurate: We have to roll into reality, go deep, go close to the regions, but the AIDS villages, interacting with people living with HIV, seeing what they need and what we can do to help them overcome their pain.

Journalist Kim Ngan and many colleagues at the exchange shared practical trips to AIDS villages and exposed people who had HIV pain. These are extremely difficult journeys because the people themselves have a feeling of inferiority and self-evasion - the feelings created by contempt and alienation of the community have existed for a long time. for people with HIV. Therefore, step by step the press as well as all people have to gradually remove that separation wall, bringing HIV-infected people back into the community.

"Give each other faith"

Speaking as a confidant of a young HIV-infected young man in Huong Lua band: 'What we most want, aspire to the most is society, be sympathized, shared and don't despise us. We are also people, people infected with HIV are also human beings, have the same feeling of love and hate as anyone, so we look forward to working, contributing ourselves to society, living peacefully. often…'.

On this arduous and challenging journey, the press is just ' a corner of the hexagonal triangle ' needed to carry out HIV / AIDS prevention. In order to avoid the pain of HIV / AIDS, there are no mournful villages obsessed with AIDS, the press and the whole society must really take practical and immediate actions. In the future, no one will mention AIDS as it will no longer have to organize HIV / AIDS Prevention Forums like today .

Duc Minh