City Desk :
Speakers at a participatory discussion all the government and non-government organizations concerned should work together for providing necessary information relating to reproductive health services to the adolescents for their welfare. They mentioned that proper knowledge and education on physical change, sex and reproductive health for the adolescents could prevent sexual transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS besides building a healthier nation.
The observations came at a sensitization workshop styled “Better Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights for Young People affected by HIV” held recently in the conference hall of Civil Surgeon Office in Rajshahi.
Association for Community Development (ACD) and Civil Surgeon Office jointly organized the workshop in association with Linkup in order to extract well-thought-out opinions from various stakeholders on how to ensure reproductive health services towards the youths.
With Civil Surgeon Dr Abdus Sobhan in the chair, Senior Health Education Officer Sazzad Hossain, Junior Health Education Officer Abdur Rahman and ACD Senior Management Member Monirul Islam spoke on the occasion. In her keynote presentation, Naheed Sultana Barsha, project coordinator of ACD, narrated importance of learning about physical change at the juncture of age, sexual and reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, premature pregnancy and complicacy during pregnancy, safe delivery and motherhood and other related issues. She also discussed various other issues on how to create awareness among the adolescents about physical change, sexual and ‘reproductive health, hygiene, nutrition, dowry, child marriage for their normal and safer growth and preventing social crimes.
Civil Surgeon Dr Abdus Sobhan said HIV/AIDS is not only health issue but also social development concern.
He stressed the need for more coordination among different organizations and stakeholders to attain cherished results. He added that only the government or any single organization isn’t capable to resist the HIV/AIDS infection as its risk and vulnerability is gradually being increased due to various reasons. Dr Sobhan mentioned that the main challenge to prevent the HIV/AIDS is now being adjudged as the stigma and negative attitude towards the vulnerable population like transgender, MSM, injecting drug users, sex workers and professional blood donors.
He emphasized the need for protecting the infected persons from their human rights violations as they are also the integral part of the society. The universal access is a commitment to scale up access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support with the support from government development partners and civil society, he added.
Speakers at a participatory discussion all the government and non-government organizations concerned should work together for providing necessary information relating to reproductive health services to the adolescents for their welfare. They mentioned that proper knowledge and education on physical change, sex and reproductive health for the adolescents could prevent sexual transmitted diseases and HIV/AIDS besides building a healthier nation.
The observations came at a sensitization workshop styled “Better Sexual and
Reproductive Health and Rights for Young People affected by HIV” held recently in the conference hall of Civil Surgeon Office in Rajshahi.
Association for Community Development (ACD) and Civil Surgeon Office jointly organized the workshop in association with Linkup in order to extract well-thought-out opinions from various stakeholders on how to ensure reproductive health services towards the youths.
With Civil Surgeon Dr Abdus Sobhan in the chair, Senior Health Education Officer Sazzad Hossain, Junior Health Education Officer Abdur Rahman and ACD Senior Management Member Monirul Islam spoke on the occasion. In her keynote presentation, Naheed Sultana Barsha, project coordinator of ACD, narrated importance of learning about physical change at the juncture of age, sexual and reproductive health, sexually transmitted diseases, premature pregnancy and complicacy during pregnancy, safe delivery and motherhood and other related issues. She also discussed various other issues on how to create awareness among the adolescents about physical change, sexual and ‘reproductive health, hygiene, nutrition, dowry, child marriage for their normal and safer growth and preventing social crimes.
Civil Surgeon Dr Abdus Sobhan said HIV/AIDS is not only health issue but also social development concern.
He stressed the need for more coordination among different organizations and stakeholders to attain cherished results. He added that only the government or any single organization isn’t capable to resist the HIV/AIDS infection as its risk and vulnerability is gradually being increased due to various reasons. Dr Sobhan mentioned that the main challenge to prevent the HIV/AIDS is now being adjudged as the stigma and negative attitude towards the vulnerable population like transgender, MSM, injecting drug users, sex workers and professional blood donors.
He emphasized the need for protecting the infected persons from their human rights violations as they are also the integral part of the society. The universal access is a commitment to scale up access to HIV treatment, prevention, care and support with the support from government development partners and civil society, he added.
