Rajitha at HIV parley in India
Mohammed NAALIR
Construction and Engineering services Minister Rajitha Senaratne
yesterday spoke on the 'HIV/AIDS and drug usage among the construction
workers in Sri Lanka' at the Asia conference being held in Goa, India.
Senaratne is representing Sri Lanka as a special guest. The
conference is organised on the theme 'Use of drugs, HIV/AIDS and Poverty
within the region' by the Forum of Asian Parliamentarians for Population
and Development. The conference which began on January 28 ends today.
Senaratne in his speech yesterday stressed the harms caused to the
economy due to poverty, infection of HIV/AIDS and use of drugs.
Government activities to eradicate poverty and measures taken to
prevent HIV/AIDS among the Government and private sector employees
including construction sector sector employees.
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