SATURDAY, JANUARY 23, 1988
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PREVENTION OF BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES PAMPHLET PUBLISHED
THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT HAVE STEPPED UP A JOINT CAMPAIGN TO PROMOTE GREATER AWARENESS AMONG TEACHERS AND STUDENTS OF THE SPREAD AND PREVENTION OF AIDS, HEPATITIS AND OTHER BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES.
A PAMPHLET ON THE "PREVENTION OF BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES IN SCHOOLS" WAS RECENTLY PUBLISHED BY THE TWO DEPARTMENTS FOR ISSUR TO SCHOOLS.
THE PAMPHLET CONTAINS COMPREHENSIVE INFORMATION ON VARIOUS MEDICAL ASPECTS OF AIDS AND HEPATITIS B AS WELL AS SUGGESTIONS ON THE TEACHING OF THIS TOPIC IN THE SECONDARY SCHOOL CURRICULUM.
ON THE TEACHING OF AIDS AND OTHER BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES, THE PAMPHLET SUGGESTED THAT THE TOPIC COULD BB TAUGHT THROUGH THE SUBJECTS OF ECONOMIC AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS, SOCIAL STUDIES, HUMAN BIOLOGY AND RELIGIOUS STUDIES IN THE FORMAL CURRICULA.
TO HEIGHTEN STUDENTS' AWARENESS, THE PAMPHLET SAID THIS COULD BE DONE THROUGH VARIOUS ACTIVITIES OR SPECIALLY-ARRANGED PROGRAMMES ON SEX EDUCATION OR MORAL EDUCATION IN THE INFORMAL CURRICULA FOR STUDENTS AT ALL LEVELS.
A SPOKESMAN FOR THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT SAID TODAY (SATURDAY) THAT A VARIETY OF RESOURCES AND AUDIO-VISUAL MATERIALS ON AIDS AND HEPATITIS WAS NOW AVAILABLE AT THE SEX EDUCATION RESOURCE CENTRE OF THE DEPARTMENT AND THE CENTRAL HEALTH EDUCATION UNIT OF THE MEDICAL AND HEALTH DEPARTMENT.
IN ADDITION, A TELEVISION PROGRAMME ON AIDS WAS BEING PRODUCED BY THE EDUCATION TELEVISION SECTION OF THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT FOR BROADCASTING THIS SUMMER, HE SAID.
TO ASSIST TEACHERS IN PLANNING LEARNING ACTIVITIES ON AIDS, THE SPOKESMAN SAID THE DEPARTMENT WAS PREPARING A TEACHING
WHICH WOULD BE MADE AVAILABLE TO SECONDARY SCHOOLS LATER THIS YEAR.
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