On April 19, police officers and soldiers in India’s Kashmir region began participating in a comprehensive AIDS awareness program that will target other police and military personnel, the news website Thaindian.com reports (thaindian.com, 4/19).
The Central Reserve Police Force (CRPF) aims to prevent new infections among its personnel by providing condoms, prevention education and confidential HIV counseling and testing.
According to the article, in 2007 there were 521 members of the CRPF living with HIV/AIDS.
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Beth Benne, RN, is HIV negative, but
the virus has impacted her life. She currently supervises a biannual HIV/AIDS awareness week as
the director of the student health center at Pierce College, a
community commuter school in Woodland Hills, California.
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"I think that it's OK to be angry. I am sometimes—it's natural—we are HIV positive. but I always try to not let myself stay there too long. Let yourself feel you are human. You should not beat yourself up about being angry."
