Brazil to join global campaign against AIDS

Brazil will join a worldwide campaign against HIV/AIDS organized by the Universal Postal Union (UPU), the Brazilian authorities said Wednesday.

The campaign within Brazil will be jointly launched by the Communications and Health Ministries, as well as the Brazilian Mail Service ECT next week.

It will cover the country's capital city Brasilia and some of its neighboring towns, as well as three cities in northern Amazonas state, and 24 cities in northeastern Bahia state.

In the first phase of the campaign, the ECT will distribute information leaflets and produce postcards to enhance HIV/AIDS awareness all over Brazil.

In addiction, the ECT plans to organize a letter-writing competition similar to the one organized by the UPU last year, calling on students aged between to write a letter to someone explaining the importance of taking precautions against HIV/AIDS.

A total of 660,000 post offices all over the world will participate in the campaign, according to the ECT.

The Brazilian Health Ministry estimates that the country has about 600,000 HIV-positive people.

Source: Xinhua