December 1, 2017 is the 13th "World AIDS Day". At noon, the International Campus Youth League Committee, campus clinic associated with the Haining Municipal Bureau of health and the Red Cross launched an AIDS preventing day activity in the international campus. The purpose of the activity is to help teachers and students of International Campus understand the approaches of AIDS transmission, preventive measures and the correct manner to treat AIDS patients.            

    With the theme of “To cherish life, stay away from AIDS”, the medical staff set up free blood pressure measuring and consulting sites in the field. Additionally, there were student volunteers distributed " Manual on AIDS prevention", "Manual of AIDS prevention and control", "To cherish life, stay away from drugs" and other publicity materials. These materials introduced that AIDS mainly transmit through 3 approaches: sexual contact, blood and mother to child.          

    The key points of prevention are classified as follows: the contact with AIDS patients and HIV infected persons in daily life and work will not cause the infection of HIV virus; Mind the self-protection and obey the sexual morality is the fundamental measure to prevent the sexual transmission of AIDS; sharing injectors is a common approach to spread AIDS, so it is necessary to reject drugs and cherish life; avoid unnecessary blood transfusion and injection; use blood and blood products that pass the HIV antibody test; care, assistance and nondiscrimination of AIDS patients and HIV infected persons are important aspects of AIDS prevention and control.

    AIDS is threatening every person and every family; the prevention of AIDS is the responsibility of the whole society. This event has made a more scientific and in-depth understanding of AIDS between teachers and students in the International Campus, and further promoted the health awareness of teachers and students.