INS health fair marks HIV Vaccine Awareness Day in Maputo Province

An Instituto Nacional de Saude - Mocambique health fair marked the celebration of 2019’s HIV Vaccine Awareness Day on 18 May.

The event staged in a Maputo Province neighborhood was to disseminate and encourage good health practice in the community and promote the image of INS to the communities in that region.

Lectures on HIV Vaccine research were given, Award-winning games and quizzes were held where participants were asked to answer questions about HIV vaccine research topics. Voluntary HIV testing was conducted, and INS staff and stakeholders also performed aerobic exercises, blood glucose tests, blood pressure measurement, body mass index, breast cancer tests and blood donation.

INS staff also handed out information leaflets, t-shirts, and other HIV vaccine research gifts. Mozambique’s major private TV station attended and broadcasted coverage on the national news.