Charity Walkathon Marks World AIDS Day

Bandar Seri Begawan – The World AIDS Day was observed in Brunei with a charity walkathon yesterday.

The event was organised by the Brunei Darussalam's AIDS Council in its continuous effort to drum up public awareness and eradicate the stigma and discrimination towards HIV/AIDS sufferers.

The walkathon was participated in by Pehin Dato Dr Haji Awang Hussain, Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports, and Permanent Secretaries at the Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education as well as senior officials from various government departments and representatives of associations under the Brunei Women's Council.

The men participants walked a distance of three kilometres from the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium in Berakas.

Among the enthusiastic participants to support the international recognized campaign combating HIV/AIDS was a three-year old girl.

Datin Hajah Edah, the Brunei Aids Council President and the President of Brunei Darussalam's Women Council, was among the women participants, who walked the 2.4 kilometres distance around the Hassanal Bolkiah National Stadium.

This year's World Aids Day, which falls every December 1, carries the theme "Women, Girls And HIV/Aids".

Some 40 million people worldwide have been infected by the killer Aids.

Women and young girls are 2.5 times more susceptible to virus than men. -- Courtesy of Radio Television Brunei

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