AIDS information for students

Mon, 14 Oct 1996, 00:00 WIB | Source: JP

I would like to make some comments on your article Activists
welcome proposal to include AIDS in curriculum (The Jakarta Post,
Sept. 28). I think it is a good idea for the government to
introduce the subject of Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome
(AIDS) in schools, but teachers should be careful in conveying
the information. Students should also be taught moral values and
ethics.

Former minister of health Adhyatma said it was not too early
to introduce basic information on AIDS to elementary and junior
high school students as an effort to prevent the spread of the
Human Immunodeficiency Virus, which causes the syndrome.

Since there is no effective treatment for AIDS as yet, the
only realistic way to control the disease is by persuading people
to change their behavior.

I hope people become more aware of the danger of AIDS because
the number of victims is strongly on the increase. Finding a cure
for AIDS remains a major challenge for scientists.

RAHMAWATY

Bandung, West Java

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