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KOLORIANG, 8 Mar:<\/strong> The Arunachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) conducted an awareness meeting on HIV\/AIDS and substance abuse at the government higher secondary school here in Kurung Kumey district on Monday.<\/p>\n Addressing the participants, APSACS Deputy Director (IEC) Tashor Pali informed that HIV\/AIDS, unlike other diseases, does not have a definite cure or a vaccine. “Knowledge is the only vaccine against it,” he said.<\/p>\n He highlighted the four routes of HIV transmission and how they can be prevented, and cleared myths and misconceptions surrounding HIV\/AIDS.<\/p>\n “Substance abuse is the self-administration of a drug for non-medical reasons, in quantities and frequencies which may impair an individual’s ability to function effectively, and which may result in social, physical or emotional harm,” he said.<\/p>\n Highlighting the role of teachers in preventing and controlling drug abuse, Pali said that a teacher should talk openly with the students and discuss the dangers of drugs.<\/p>\n Social worker Chello Kayang advised the students to lead a disciplined life and respect their teachers. “Teachers and parents are the visible gods of us. They are the people who shape our lives; therefore we should always follow their advice,” he added.<\/p>\n Freelance journalist Tadu Gumbo encouraged the students to take part in such programmes. “Life is a learning process; we should be ready to grasp knowledge anytime in our lives,” he said.<\/p>\n The school’s Vice Principal Rime also spoke.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" KOLORIANG, 8 Mar: The Arunachal Pradesh State AIDS Control Society (APSACS) conducted an awareness meeting on HIV\/AIDS and substance abuse at the government higher secondary school here in Kurung Kumey district on Monday. Addressing the participants, APSACS Deputy Director (IEC) Tashor Pali informed that HIV\/AIDS, unlike other diseases, does not have a definite cure or […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-152499","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-state-news"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152499","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=152499"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/152499\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=152499"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=152499"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/arunachaltimes.in\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=152499"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}