New Delhi: UPA Chairperson Sonia Gandhi would flag off Red Ribbon Express here on December 1 to create awareness about HIV/AIDS among people.

The train is a joint venture of the ministries of Health and Railways along with the National AIDS Control Organisation and the Rajiv Gandhi Foundation. It would be flagged off to mark the World AIDS Day on Saturday from Safdarjung Railway Station in presence of Health Minister Anbumani Ramadoss and Railway Minister Lalu Prasad.

It is for the first time, the World HIV/AIDS messages are being disseminated through a train. The train will be supplemented with information, education and communication campaign consisting of mass media as well as traditional folk media in different parts of the districts where the train halts.

Source : UNI