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The Course on“HIV
AND FAMILY EDUCATION” |
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As the dawn of a new era of collaborative endeavour in healthcare
apostolate, the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India has
entered into an agreement with Indira Gandhi National Open University
(IGNOU) to impart quality education relevant to the health and
social welfare sectors in our country. The inauguration of the
CBCI-IGNOU Chair on Health and Social Welfare and the signing
of the Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) were held on February
29, 2000, at the CBCI Centre, New Delhi.
Purpose:
The Catholic Bishops’ Conference of India instituted a
“Chair for Studies in Health and Social Welfare” at
Indira Gandhi National Open University (IGNOU), New Delhi. The
purpose is to encourage research of high standard and quality,
the development of programmes of study on subjects of direct interest
and relevance to the health and social welfare sectors of our
country. A formal Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) was signed
on University on February 29, 2000.
With the support of the Commission for Health, the CBCI-IGNOU
Chair developed Programmes of Study on “HIV and Family Education’,
which is offered in the distant mode of learning. (For details
see the section)
The first Course offered by the Chair, “HIV and Family
Health Education”, was initiated in November 2001. It is
estimated that four million of the HIV infected persons now live
in India; the largest in the world. One million new adults will
be added to this list every year. That means a mind-boggling rate
of infection – two per minute. Half a million young people
below the age of 25 years will become infected. Nearly thirty
thousand new born will carry infection from their mother’s
womb and every year 20,000 will die due to HIV/AIDS. Forty thousand
deaths every year, one or more per minute! One hundred and twenty
thousand children will be orphaned. At present there is no cure
for AIDS available anywhere in the world. Therefore, education
and communication remains the only way to prevent and control
this epidemic. An effective campaign needs a good network and
availability of well trained personnel is also imperative. The
number of students enrolled by November 30, 2001 was ----
 Appeal
from Executive Secretary - Commission for Health
Message for the World AIDS Day - 1st December 2004
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