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MONDAY, JULY 4, 1994

TEACHING MATERIALS ON AIDS FOR TEACHERS

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HAVE

HELP

A BETTER BLOOD-BORNE

THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH THE EDUCATION DEPARTMENT AND

TO AIDS EDUCATION PRODUCED A PACKAGE OF TEACHING MATERIALS ON KINDERGARTEN, PRIMARY AND SECONDARY SCHOOL TEACHERS ACQUIRE UNDERSTANDING OF AIDS PREVENTION, THE HIV DISEASES IN GENERAL.

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VIRUS AND

THE

PREVENTION

PRIMARY AND SECONDARY

THE MATERIALS A BOOK CARRYING GUIDELINES ON

A 17-MINUTE VIDEO TAPE ON AIDS OF BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES FOR SCHOOLS, EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS AND A TEACHING KIT ON AIDS EDUCATION FOR SCHOOLS ARE AVAILABLE SCHOOLS FROM TODAY (MONDAY).

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FOR

PRIMARY

KINDERGARTEN,

EDUCATION DEPARTMENT

A SPOKESMAN FOR THE

ABOUT FACTS

SAIL SOME OF

THE

DISEASES

OBJECTIVES IN PRODUCING THE BOOK AND THE VIDEO TAPE WERE TO INTRODUCE TO SCHOOLS AND TEACHERS THE BASIC AND THEIR PREVENTION.

IT ALSO AIMS

TO RECOMMEND

BLOOD-BORNE

FOR MEASURES PRECAUTIONARY

RESOURCES ON

IMPLEMENTATION BY SCHOOLS AND TO SUGGEST STRATEGIES AND THE TEACHING OF PREVENTION OF BLOOD-BORNE DISEASES IN SCHOOLS.

TWO JIGSAW

TWO PACKS,

CASSETTE

COMPRISES THE TEACHING KIT TAPES WITH A SONG COMPOSED WITH THE THEME ON PREVENTION OF AIDS, A 20- MINUTE EDUCATION TELEVISION

ON AIDS EDUCATION AND A

VIDEO (ETV)

TEACHER'S MANUAL.

THE SPOKESMAN SAID

IT WAS

ΤΟ PRODUCED

ASSIST TEACHERS ΤΟ

INTRODUCE THE TOPIC OF AIDS TO PRIMARY SCHOOL PUPILS.

LEARNING ACTIVITIES IT CONTAINS VARIOUS

WHICH WOULD ENABLE IN PUPILS TO HAVE A FULLER UNDERSTANDING OF AIDS AS WELL AS CULTIVATE THEM A HEALTHY ATTITUDE TOWARDS AIDS.

VIDEO

AND

THE

BOOK

AIDS (ACQUIRED CALLED HIV

THE

THAT EXPLAIN IMMUNODEFICIENCY SYNDROME) IS A DISEASE CAUSED BY A VIRUS {HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS).

THE MODES OF TRANSMISSION ARE CONTACT BY PEOPLE SHARING MOTHER TO CHILD DURING PREGNANCY.

THROUGH SEXUAL CONTACT, BLOOD CONTAMINATED NEEDLES, AND FROM AFFECTED

OF

EDUCATION MR TO CONTINUE

IN THE VIDEO TAPE, SENIOR ASSISTANT DIRECTOR CHAN KWOK-HEI SAID HIV-INFECTED PUPILS SHOULD BE ALLOWED WITH NORMAL SCHOOLING.

PHYSICIAN' ON AIDS, DR THE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH'S CONSULTANT

IN LEE SHUI-SHAN, EXPLAINED THAT HIV COULD NOT BE PASSED ON TO OTHERS

ATTENDING SCHOOL TOGETHER, HAVING NORMAL SCHOOL ACTIVITIES SUCH AS MEALS TOGETHER, USING TOILET

FOUNTAINS, FACILITIES AND DRINKING

IN A

SHARING POOL,

BOOKS AND SHAKING HANDS AND HUGGING, SWIMMING STATIONERY, SNEEZING AND COUGHING.

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