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22 May 2012
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Prevention against AIDS continues
Peer education is at the heart of the 2nd edition of the National Forum of Peer Educators in the field of the fight against AIDS. New prevention ideas against this scourge are being highlighted.
Based on communication between young people, peer education is an approach that serves to bring about change at the individual level by attempting to modify their knowledge, attitudes, or behaviours. In the fight against AIDS, this concept is even more relevant, given its facilitated communicative aspect. In this context, the Al-Qods Youth Centre in Fez hosted the 2nd edition of the National Forum of Peer Educators in the field of the fight against AIDS from 18 to 20 May. Organised by the Ministry of Youth and Sports in partnership with the Ministry of Health and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria, this forum was themed: "Supervision of AIDS prevention clubs within youth centres".According to Abdelmounaim Bouâmama, a member of the Moroccan Network of Peer Educators, "Young people are often the primary sources of information for their peers, who automatically turn to…
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