Kolkata to walk for AIDS awareness
December 9th, 2010 - 8:33 pm ICT by IANSKolkata, Dec 9 (IANS) With the pledge of spreading awareness about HIV/AIDS and stigma associated with it, Kolkata Police and the Kolkata Municipal Corporation (KMC) with a NGO are organising a marathon walk here Sunday.
The 10 km walk titled ‘The Great Kolkata Walkathon’ will be flagged off at 7:30 a.m. from the main gate of the Victoria Memorial Hall and will end at Park Circus Maidan. The walk will cover 2.5 km.
City Police Commissioner Gautam Mohan Chakraborty and Mayor Sovon Chattopadhyay along with a host of celebrities, including film stars and sports personalities, will walk along AIDS patients on the streets of Kolkata.
According to assessments, ten percent of the country’s total people living with HIV/AIDS (PLHAs) in 2007 lived in West Bengal.
However, West bengal is categorised as a low prevalence state but there are pockets of high prevalence, mainly driven by subpopulations that have higher risk of exposure to HIV.
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