The College of Nursing at the University of Baghdad organized an awareness campaign coinciding with World AIDS Day, in the presence of undergraduate and graduate students, on Tuesday, 12/4/2023 AD.
The campaign aimed to introduce AIDS and its various health effects on human health, its symptoms, an
d how to prevent it. The campaign included giving a scientific awareness lecture in which Dr. Bushra Ali Kazem, Dr. Ban Hussein Hamidi, and Ms. Maha Majeed Yassin lectured, in addition to distributing brochures. Awareness.
Several axes have been identified: the first axis is an introduction to AIDS, the pathological cause and its biological composition, the second axis includes the most important symptoms that appear on the infected person, the third axis includes an extensive and comprehensive explanation of how the disease is discovered, and the final axis of the lecture refers to the importance of continuous health awareness among the segments of society about the disease. And its symptoms. The lecturers recommended widespread awareness about the different types of personal hygiene, not using tools for those infected, conducting continuous examinations to monitor the health status of the infected person, determining the dosage of medications, and following the instructions of the Ministry of Health based on their understanding of the health effects of the disease.