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MEDICC Review 2011; 13 (2)

Raising HIV/AIDS awareness through Cuba’s Memorias Project

Aragonés C, Campos JR, Nogueira O, Pérez J

Language: English
References: 29
Page: 38-42
PDF size: 190.12 Kb.


ABSTRACT

As long as there is no cure for AIDS, the only effective means of containing its spread is prevention, primarily through public education. Cuba’s AIDS Prevention Group is a community-based organization whose main purpose is to support the National HIV/AIDS Program’s prevention and education efforts. The Group’s Memorias Project uses the creation and display of memorial quilts to put a human face on AIDS statistics and stimulate public reflection on issues related to the disease and society.


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