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Film Series on HIV/AIDS in Bangladesh UNAIDS and UNFPA has successfully organized the 1st AIDS Film Festival 08 at IDB Bhabon Theatre hall dated 24th November 08. 20 Films and audio Visual materials has participated in the festival from the 5 agencies. The participating agencies are Action Aid, Family Health International, SMC , UNFPA , USAID and UNAIDS. Details… International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day 2009 International AIDS Candlelight Memorial Day 2009 was observed on May 17 with the slogan ‘Together we are the solution’. On the occasion, National AIDS/STD Programme (NASP) organised a programme at the Biam auditorium in the city remembering people who died of AIDS in Bangladesh. In Bangladesh so far 165 people died of AIDS while 58 died in the last one year. Dr. Hosne Ara Tahmunn, additional director general of Directorate General of Health Services and Dr Md Ishaque Khan, line director of NASP were present in the program as a chief guest and special guest. Bandhu Social Welfare Society presented a cultural function titled ‘Essence of Soul’ on the occasion while Ashar Alo Society held a documentary show on AIDS. Detail with Photos>> ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Safe Love Football Match Light House, a local NGO in partnership with Center for Social Communication and Chircut Creative Production organized Safe Love Football Match on February 14, 2009 at Iqbal Road play ground. Students of University of Liberal Arts and Stamford University participated in the match. Detail with Photos>> ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Video on AIDS Day 2008 Celebration in Bangladesh In the year 2008 also Bangladesh celebrated widely the World AIDS Day. The ‘bdaids’ as its first initiative recorded the rally started from Manik Mia Avenue ( Parliament Building ). All the HIV/AIDS activist organizations, NGO and Educational institute including National STD/ AIDS program joined in the event. Watch Video >> | Photo Story with Slide Show>> ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. The Source – telefilm on AIDS Grameenphone sponsored the screening of a telefilm titled UTSHO (The Source) produced to raise awareness on the issue. The film highlights transmission of HIV through unsafe blood transfusion and focuses on the need for support and care for HIV positive individuals. Detail with promo video …. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Grassroots thinking This is the time to find out the way of “zero transmission” to stop geometrically spreading of HIV. As there is no clinical solution of HIV/AIDS epidemic, we have to find out the root case. UnnayanNews believe “majority people’s participation and involvement” is the best way to ascertain effective solution for any social problems including AIDS pandemic. On the eve of ‘AIDS day 2005 ‘we have produced ‘Grassroots thinking’, Bangladesh first web documentary on HIV/AIDS. The content of this documentary is uncensored opinions of the grassroots people. The duration of the documentary is 8.25 minutes. To represent the grassroots reality, we have focused on, “Muktagacha” and have recorded short interview of rickshaw puller, teacher, shopkeeper, artist, priest, student and youth group. Hope this small documentary will be useful to discover the present situation and trend of majority grassroots people knowledge, understanding and views about HIV/AIDS. Video clip…. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Story of Fulbanu The low level of awareness especially on STD, HIV and AIDS is always alarming for rapid diffusion of epidemic in population of higher size. This is because culture of a particular society can restrict partially but not forbid entirely the heterogeneous sexual relation among its inhabitants as because it is solely a spontaneous response to nature. SHAD has been working with under privileged women, children and drug users in Khulna division located at the Southern region of Bangladesh since last 8 years. From its working experience at this particular region, SHAD found that a mutiny has taken place beyond the sight and is still functioning without any mentionable indication of ending. Random practice of adolescent sex, abundance of multiple marriages for trafficking and sex trade, sex trade in home and abroad make this individual population of a particular region in Bangladesh is distinguished from general culture and sexual attitude of other areas that may the reason of high vulnerability of STD, HIV/AIDS. SHAD conducted a study to explore their attitude, determine the unsafe sex along with vulnerability to STI, HIV and AIDS. Detail….