NIA CHARLESTOWN NEVIS (November 19, 2020) — The Well being Promotion Unit (HPU) within the Ministry of Well being on Nevis, is encouraging members of the general public to take part in per week of actions put aside to mark World AIDS Day which is noticed yearly worldwide on December 01.
Ms. Terysia Herbert, Schooling and Prevention Officer on the HPU famous that the actions deliberate are awareness-based for HIV and COVID-19, when she spoke to the Division of Info on November 18, 2020.
“This 12 months the Well being Promotion Unit shall be embarking on a number of deliberate actions to commemorate the day, and… we invite you guys, implore you guys to come back out and partake in all of the actions we’ve got deliberate. There shall be many giveaways, and we plan to teach the general public and have a very good time doing so.
“Because of the COVID-19 pandemic a lot of our actions will serve twin function, each selling consciousness of HIV in addition to selling actions to forestall the unfold of COVID-19 in St. Kitts/Nevis,” she stated.
The primary deliberate exercise would be the November 20 launch of a social media marketing campaign dubbed “Lime Responsibly.”
“We’re asking individuals to be inventive, to add a display shot or an image of no matter you’re feeling would finest show our theme, and the theme is “Stopping the unfold of HIV and CVID-19 in Queen Metropolis,” and we would like you guys to carry out your finest and present us your finest interpretation of the theme, and the winner of the competitors shall be introduced on December 1st.
“To be able to take part you should observe us on each of our social media pages. On Fb it’s Nevis Hpu and on Instagram it’s hpu.nevis. The winner can be awarded a photograph shoot with REFiiC,” Ms. Herbert acknowledged.
The second exercise is deliberate for November 27 at 10 a.m. on the bypass highway in entrance of the Artisan Village, the place an HIV ribbon shall be unveiled throughout a brief ceremony.
On that very same day, the HPU plans to host its Lime Responsibly outreach occasion on the D.R. Walwyn Plaza in Charlestown. It is going to be held from 2:30 p.m. to six:30 p.m.
“We shall be having musical leisure by New Degree Sound. We shall be having video games and different actions, prizes to be gained and once more, we shall be selling HIV consciousness in addition to sanitization and secure practices to forestall COVID-19. So come on out and be part of us. It’s a Friday afternoon November 27, and please put on your masks and be ready to have a very good time,” Ms. Herbert stated.
The fourth exercise takes place on November 01, and the HPU’s Schooling and Prevention Officer defined {that a} human ribbon shall be shaped on Chrishi Seaside in Cades Bay at 11 a.m. Members of the general public who want to take part ought to put on a particular color for the event.
“If you need to attend, we’re asking that everybody put on no less than a crimson high if not a full crimson outfit. We’re additionally requiring that you simply put on a masks. So please come ready with a masks.
“We’re asking everybody to come back out. It’s going to be a photograph alternative. We shall be utilizing a drone to take an image of us in a crimson ribbon formation on the seashore,” she stated.
On December 01, Hon. Hazel Brandy-Williams Junior Minister of Well being, will ship an handle to mark World AIDS Day. Additionally, there shall be a closed workshop for the RISE (Rise Encourage Safe and Empower) Programme on the subject “HIV and Sexuality”.
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