AIDS Awareness Program for Speech and Hearing Challenged
Patna: February 10, 2008
 Regional AIDS Training Center and Network in India (RATNEI) under the banner of International Health Organization (IHO), in Patna on Sunday, for the first time in Bihar organized an HIV AIDS awareness program for the speech and hearing impaired at the Rotary building in the state capital.
With the aid of a sign language interpreter, noted physician and IHO director Dr. Diwakar Tejaswi answered the queries of the guests concerning HIV AIDS, its effect, and ways to avoid and treat it.
The event was organized in collaboration with Rotary Pataliputra, Rotary Patna, and Bihar Association of the Deaf and was attended by prominent physician Dr. C. L. Khandelwal, Professor Anand Murti, Vice President of the Deaf Association of India, and Rotary Pataliputra president Anil Saraf.
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