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Ethnic Minorities

Objectives:

Distribution of souvenir at the pedestrian footbridge to promote HIV/AIDS prevention
Distribution of souvenir at the pedestrian footbridge to promote HIV/AIDS prevention

The Centre joined health promotion activities organised by the non-government organisations targeted on ethnic minorities to promote health message of HIV/AIDS
The Centre joined health promotion activities organised by the non-government organisations targeted on ethnic minorities to promote health message of HIV/AIDS



  • To increase the understanding and to raise the awareness of HIV/AIDS among ethnic minorities
  • To encourage the practice of safer sex to minimize the chance of infecting HIV

Activities:

  1. Hotline services
    Pre-recorded messages on AIDS and Sexually Transmitted Infections can be listened through the free and anonymous 24-hours hotlines.
    • AIDS Hotline 2359 9112 in Tagalog, Vietnamese and Thai
    • AIDS Hotline 2112 9980 in Hindi, Indonesian, Nepali and Urdu.
      (The hotline service was terminated on 18th September 2022.)
  2. Production of Health Education Resources
    In response to the needs of ethnic minorities, education resources in languages including Bangla, French, Hindi, Indonesian, Korean, Japanese, Nepali, Filipino, Thai, Pakistani, Vietnamese, etc. were produced. Resources include video compact discs, information leaflets, promotional cards, etc.
  3. Outreach Activities
    • Outreach to popular gathering places for foreign domestic helpers during holidays to introduce HIV related resources and services.
    • The Centre joined health promotion activities organised by the non-government organisations targeted on ethnic minorities. Health messages on HIV prevention were promoted through interactive games and souvenir distribution.
  4. EM targeted Study targeting ethnic minorities
    As a community-based sexual behavioural survey targeting EM was conducted from May to September 2019. The study were to explore
    • HIV related knowledge and attitudes of local EM (Filipinos and Indonesians) ;
    • To understand their practice of condom use and HIV testing; and
    • To identify culturally acceptable and effective ways to reach them for dissemination of HIV prevention messages.
  5. Online promotion education
    Health message about HIV and sexual transmitted infection (STI) prevention were disseminated via 6 popular EM web pages during period of June to August 2020. Health knowledge of HIV/STI prevention were enhanced together with related services for health examination.
Online promotion education