KXIP join hands with AIDS Healthcare Foundation India Cares

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Press Trust of India Chandigarh
Last Updated : Nov 28 2014 | 3:55 PM IST
Indian Premier League side Kings XI Punjab today announced its collaboration with AIDS Healthcare Foundation (AHF), the largest global AIDS organization providing medical care to AIDS affected patients through its India office, registered as India Cares.
Under Kings XI Punjab's social responsibility plan, the aim of this initiative is to scale up awareness and implementation of HIV counseling, testing and referral services to the vulnerable populations in India.
According to UNAIDS, annually 1.6 million people die of AIDS-related causes and about 2.3 million people become newly infected. The focus of the collaboration is to increase access to testing among the Injecting Drug Users (IDU) community having the highest HIV prevalence in the world.
Since Punjab shows the highest percentage of youth affected by drugs in the country, this endeavor aims at combating and raising awareness about one of the largest yet unspoken issues plaguing our nation.
The collaboration between AHF and Kings XI Punjab was officially announced, During an awareness event conducted in collaboration with Post Graduate Government College for Girls, Sector 42, Chandigarh and a youth based organization Yuva.
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First Published: Nov 28 2014 | 3:55 PM IST

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