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Gambia News : HIV/AIDS survey kicks off in Gambia

Mar 05,2008 by

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gambia The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP), in part nership with a developmental organisation, 'Nova Scotia-Gambia Association' (NSG A ), has started a nationwide "HIV/AIDS awareness and knowledge baseline survey" t a rgeting an identified "vulnerable groups" in the Gambia, NSGA's liaison, Lamin F a tty, revealed Tuesday.

The study which is expected to run for six months will try to find out how much knowledge /information groups like truck drivers, vendors and commercial sex wor k ers in major motor parks across the West African country have on HIV/AIDS.

According to NSGA, the survey which is the first of its kind, will involve peopl e considered as "high-risk" group owing to the nature of their job - always cris s -crossing the Gambia and neighbouring countries like Senegal, Guinea Bissau, and others.

As part of the study, NSGA team will conduct interviews with individuals with a view to gauging their level of awareness on HIV/AIDS, STIs, reproductive health,malaria and gender equity.

comment Comment on This Gambia News (2 posted)  634 times read
  • u right sulayman, i was thinking the same thing. who needs u.n aids help when we have herbs , banana paste & orange juice ?
(Posted on March 6, 2008, 4:50 AM amie)

  • Wait! why does The Gambia need this??? we have Yahya Jammeh's miracle herbal remedies!!! hmmmm.. lol. jk.
(Posted on March 5, 2008, 5:03 PM Sulayman Konte)

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