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The Red Ribbon Express (RRE). The Red Ribbon Express - Concept. Awareness generation on HIV/AIDS issues across the country One special train starting from New Delhi traverses India in a Bharat Parikarma pattern for one year.
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The Red Ribbon Express - Concept • Awareness generation on HIV/AIDS issues across the country • One special train starting from New Delhi traverses India in a Bharat • Parikarma pattern for one year. • Specially designed 8 coaches, 360 days,180 halts in 22 States. • Exhibition, training of health workers, Medical testing and Counseling. • Visits of RRE by opinion leaders, celebrities. school and college • students, media persons etc. will take place at platform.
The Red Ribbon Express -Objective • The project with primarily focus on rural areas aimed at: • Disseminating information regarding primary prevention services; • Developing an understanding about the disease to reduce stigma & discrimination against People Living with HIV/AIDS ; • Strengthening people’s knowledge about the measures to be taken to prevent getting HIV/AIDS; and • Adopting preventive health habits and lifestyle.
The Red Ribbon Express -The Train The Red Ribbon Express will consist of seven coaches as follows: Coach I, Exhibition: It will have display of educational material, primarily on HIV/AIDS, interactive touch screens and 3-D models. Coach II, Exhibition: It will have display of educational material with focus on HIV/AIDS linked to NRHM programmes, such as PPTCT services in the context of RCH II, HIV-TB co-infection etc. Coach III, Exhibition: It will have display of educational material with focus on HIV within the socio-developmental context (inter-sectoral/ mainstreaming approach)
Coach IV, Auditorium cum Conference: arrangements for orientation/ sensitization of selected groups. Group of 48 people to be oriented in a batch : three sessions planned per day. Will have LCD projector and platform for folk performances. • Coach V, Counseling cum Medical Services: It will have six cabins- 4 counseling cabins and two doctor’s cabins for providing counseling and syndromic treatment for STI and RTI cases. There will be no HIV testing facility on board. • Coach VI, Sleeper coach: In this coach 50 performer’s team from NYKS will be traveling. • Coach VII, Office, Dinning cum pantry
ACTIVITIES AT HALT POINTS • Cultural Programme, Quiz Competitions, Participatory games . • Exhibition. • Counseling. • Presentations and media footage. • Training • Visits by influential persons/ celebrities. • Visit of school and college students
Coverage STATES and UT : 24 DISTRICTS : 165 PROGRAMME POINTS TO BE COVERED BY RRE PERFORMERS : 8544 VILLAGES TO BE COVERED : 42,750 PERSONS TO BE REACHED (DIR. & INDIRECT) : 5 CR. (appox.) PERSONS TO BE REACHED VIA PRINT AND ELECTRONIC MEDIA : 25 CR. (appox.) TOTAL DISTANCE TO BE COVERED BY RRE & CYCLISTS :70,000Kms. RRE-NYKS