To enhance community's knowledge on HIV/AIDS, Phela Health and Development Communication has organised a workshop to design messages on HIV/AIDS at an occasion to be held at the State Library on
February 05.

Advocacy and Marketing Manager Miss.Bolele Monyau said the workshop follows a research that was carried by Phela in 2006 in almost all the district to find the community's knowledge on HIV/AIDS.

She said in their findings have revealed that although people know about Aids and how one can gets it, they do not adhere to Antiretroviral drugs due to cultural beliefs and preferences to use of herbs and other medicines.

Ms. Monyau said at this workshop, they will use the information obtained from the community to fill the gaps on their knowledge, and add relevant information that will do away with the misconceptions, and misinterpretation about the pandemic.

She said the messages will be developed with the assistance of stakeholders involved in HIV/AIDS issues such as AIDS Directorate of the Ministry of Health and Social Welfare, National AIDS Commission and Care Lesotho.

Developed messages will be transcribed into books, radio and television dramas.

 

Source: LENA