ASIA/INDIA - Each day HIV/AIDS makes more victims: the Church in Orissa state works on a plan to stop the spread of the virus

Wednesday, 8 September 2004

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Rome (Fides Service) - Today in India there are five million people, men, women and children who are HIV+ . “If we could save just one, this would be a success”, said the Catholic Archbishop of Cuttack-Bhubaneswar in the Indian state of Orissa, Archbishop Raphael Cheenath.
To fight HIV/AIDS in the state of Orissa, the local Church is working on a series of plans to prevent the spread of the disease and keep the virus under control.
A plan was drafted following a series of consultation between the Bishop Thomas Thiruthalil of Balasore and the President of the Regional Health Commission, directors of health and social services, representatives of the state and of the Catholic Relief Service, the Health Commission and technical consultant of the Indian Bishops’ Conference.
Programmes include the institution of regional and diocesan teams to facilitate preventative activities, course of formation for teachers, catechists and nurses. A group of 15 medical doctors in Orissa will take an intensive course at St John’s Medical College in Bangalore and more than 50 members of the staff at the Gandhi National Open University will enrol for the programme on Family Education and HIV.
The objective is to obtain long term results which will stop the spread of HIV/AIDS in this state. (AP) (8/9/2004 Agenzia Fides; Righe:21; Parole:212)