Death Knell - AIDS!

AIDS - Virus takes abode in such a secret place of a infected human body where effectiveness of any medicine whatsoever has been proved to be failure. This virus also carefully avoids immune system of human body. The medical scientists cherished hopes and tried to retard the infection of the disease just at the beginning of the transmission of the virus in human body, but apparently that attempt has been proved futile. Till now, adoptions of preventive methods are considered as the only life saving measure for safety from the disease.

Now, therefore, it is deemed necessary to create awareness among the mass people of the country about the preventive measures of the disease. Mere ignorance about the transmission process and prevention strategies of this disease escalates the risk of transmission of the disease. On the other hand it has been observed that this disease is largely transmitted to the STD affected patients. Consequently it transpires that the prevention of STD is also important in the prevention methodology of the AIDS.

The booklet "AIDS - Premature Death" written and published by the Organization for Social Development of Unemployed Youth" dealt at length on information about prevention of AIDS/STD in simple and lucid language and programme for hand to hand distribution of the booklet among the target people providing necessary counseling. I firmly believe that this booklet will definitely play a very effective role in creating awareness and achieving fruitful result in the prevention of STD/AIDS.

It may be mentioned, that distribution programme of the booklet is being implemented with the financial assistance of the UNDP. I extend my sincere thanks to the UNDP for this noble purpose. I believe that successful implementation of the programme will leave a good impact among the countrymen in building awareness in the prevention measures of STD/AIDS.

I extend my welcome to this kind of welfare endeavor of this organization.

Mankind in Distress:

The disease with the deadliest form has opened a disastrous chapter at the back drop of human civilization is known as HIV/AIDS. Basically, this disease is the newest edition to the sexually transmitted diseases. Transmission of sexual diseases and AIDS is caused due sexual intercourse's.

In every minute, 6 children and 5 others of different age groups of different places of the world are being infected with the HIV.

Other sexual diseases are curable. But the treatment and anti-Aids drugs of this disease are yet to be discovered. Therefore the obvious fate of this disease is the premature death. In spite of the fact, this disease is preventable.

Awareness building among the mass people about this disease is the only way of safety. In view of remaining free from STD/AIDS, most important task before us to implement awareness building programs in large scale.

If this disease remains un-prevented, the number of AIDS patients will rise upto 4 crores approximately throughout the world by the end of 2000. As a result, a serious adverse impact will cast upon the people of a poor country like ours.

Governments of different countries of the world keeping in view of the dreadfulness of this disease have launched programs on emergency basis for creating awareness among the mass people.

The Government of Bangladesh has been implementing various significant programs and activities in this behalf. I am also delighted to see that different Non-Government Organizations have also come up with their own programs simultaneously with the Government programs to combat this disease.

I am happy to see that "Organization for Social Development of Unemployed Youth" in this dismal situation of the country has been implementing a successful programme for distribution of booklets and pamphlets containing prevention measures of this disease with a view to creating mass awareness. I extend my sincere thanks to this organization for the unique attempt and I wish all round success of this organization.