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Transport system to drive AIDS message home

    JOHANNESBURG

    Uganda's AIDS Control Programme (UACP) has announced plans to use public transport systems to distribute condoms and HIV/AIDS awareness messages.

    According to UACP national coordinator, Julius Byenkya, minibus-taxi and riverboat operators will be trained to educate their passengers.

    Audio-recordings of educational dramas and entertaining serial programmes with an educational message will also be played during the journey.

    Agence France-Presse quoted Byenkya as saying: "The main focus is about behavioural change, because it seems the majority of people know about HIV/AIDS, but many have failed to change their behaviour."

    This article was produced by IRIN News while it was part of the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs. Please send queries on copyright or liability to the UN. For more information: https://shop.un.org/rights-permissions

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