Health News of Friday, 5 August 2016Source: cameroon-tribune.cm‘AIDS Free Holiday’: Caravan swarms Mfoundi marketPeer educators took time yesterday to sensitise the population on curbing HIV. Young people spearheading the HIV caravan made a stop yesterday, August 4, 2016 at the Yaounde Mfoundi Market where they intensified the sensitisation campaign on the deadly HIV virus and the diseases it causes, AIDS. Visibly present at the junction between Mfoundi Market and Camair-Co agency, these peer educators were out to sensitise people on the HIV pandemic which is ravaging the population particularly the youths. Through educational chats with traders and passers-by around the Mfoundi Market, the peer educators edified the population on ways to prevent HIV such as abstinence, fidelity and the use of condoms, depending on the individual. The campaign is also an opportunity for many people to voluntarily do the HIV test.

Source: CameroonWeb August 05, 2016 10:38 UTC