Hairdressers against aids

Hairdressers against aids.


Could the slowing of HIV infection and AIDS be a comb, howler and blow-dry away? That's the goal behind an innovative supplemental national outreach effort, Hairdressers Against AIDS, which got its sling Tuesday at the United Nations in New York City, in front of Dec 1, 2010, World AIDS Day. The resourcefulness - described as "one of the largest HIV/AIDS mobilization campaigns in US history" - has hair's breadth protection ogre L'Oreal joining forces with nonprofits such as the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Global Business Coalition on HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria (GBC) free articles. The aim is to empower America's 500000-plus braids stylists to use the relationships they have with millions of clients for salon-based chats on the how, why and what of HIV.



So "Today there is no vaccine," famed GBC president and CEO John Tedstrom, speaking to 500 hairdressers who'd gathered at the UN for the launch. "there is no cure. We're getting there. But today there is only information Voltaren prostata. The more we talk, the more we educate, the more we block the dissemination of this epidemic," Tedstrom explained.



And "You'll consider millions of commoners hearing about HIV from ancestors that they know," he said. "They'll be hearing noticeable time-tested messages about HIV prevention, and they'll be able to to go those messages back to their familiar relationships. And then whether it's a mom talking to her daughter or a girlfriend talking to her boyfriend, it doesn't matter. We'll be able to have an grown discussion about HIV and sensual health".



Using hair-care professionals to get vigour messages out to the masses isn't a novella idea. Recent studies have shown, for example, that hellish men can be motivated by barbershop messages to develop their blood urge or get refined about their hazard for prostate cancer. And the US set in motion of Hairdressers Against AIDS is just the example spread of a epidemic HIV awareness endeavour that's already in neighbourhood in 30 countries throughout the world.