POST OFFICES WORLDWIDE TO HELP FIGHT AIDS
August 1st, 2009
BY KEITH NUTHALL
MOST people use a post office, so they are an ideal outlet for spreading important public health messages such as about avoiding HIV. As a result, the Universal Postal Union (UPU), UNAIDS, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the UNI Global Union trade union federation are launching a global awareness campaign using post office. Its first phase this year involves more than 24,000 post offices in Brazil, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, China, Estonia, Mali and Nigeria distributing information, with additional countries joining later this year. ...
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