Preventing AIDS - I know, You know, He knows, 1,200 rural workers study AIDS

"For my health and the health of my family, I must have a grasp of basic HIV knowledge, and I must exhort each and every one of my friends to have the self respect to stand on my own two feet, lead a clean and pure life, stay far away from drugs...." more than 1,200 rural migrant workers solemnly swore in the public square at the Hu Building in Kai Fu district yesterday. This was part of the opening ceremony of Hunan Province's rural migrant worker AIDS prevention publicity event. The event was sponsored by the National Women's Federation, and hosted by the Hunan Women's Federation, Kai Fu district Party committee, the district government, and the district Women's Federation.The majority of people suffering from HIV in Hunan are young people and the unemployed, and the rural workers have already become a focal population for HIV transmission. At present, the number of rural workers leaving Hunan to go into the cities for employment is over 12 million, and when individual districts do sampling among rural workers returning to Hunan, they have discovered a rising trend in the HIV infection rate. Because these rural workers have a relatively low educational level, their knowledge about HIV is similarly lacking. This difference in consciousness of self-protection has made them into a HIV high-prevalence population. Disseminating AIDS prevention information among rural workers and raising their self-protection awareness is imperative.