Using a Café to Raise Awareness about HIV/AID
In Hanoi, HIV/AIDS prevention has taken a novel approach in setting up a consultation and counseling center in a café . The initiative reaches out to youth and provides them with a comfortable environment where they and their friends can hang out as well as receive information from a female physician about reproductive health or HIV/AIDS.
Despite the recent rise in the number of infections in Vietnam, the issue still remains a cultural taboo. Parents and teachers are often too uncomfortable or uninformed to be an effective resource for information. The café offers anonymous consultation services and a welcoming environment that is getting more and more customers every day.
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