7th Grader speads the word in Turkmenistan

Health, Russia | Comments (0) | Pam Van Londen | May 13, 2008

UNICEF Television. Every day after school, 7th grader Jeren Yovbagshiyeva sits down with her family for afternoon tea.Today, instead of the usual talk about her progress in class, she has something different to discuss.Her school has just had a special lesson about the risks of drug use and the dangers of HIV and AIDS.It was a session that has stirred her to action. Jeren is what her teachers call a ¬pioneer. She is expected to take her knowledge from the classroom, and spread it throughout her community. Critical information in Turkmenistan, where only one in eight women of fertile age is able to identify the ways HIV can spread

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