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Article: Unprecedented AIDS Awareness Campaign Launched: Project Concern International's AIDS Walk for Life; Year-Long, 6000 km AIDS Walk for Life Begins Wednesday in India.
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- November 30, 2004
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SAN DIEGO -- One of the most ambitious AIDS awareness campaigns ever undertaken in India kicks off on December 1, 2004, with the launch of a year-long, 6,000-kilometer "AIDS Walk for Life" that aims to educate millions about the nature of the disease and how they can stop the spread of AIDS.
With financial support from Indian and multinational corporations and foundations, the unprecedented Walk -- whose walkers will include trained AIDS educators -- will follow the entire route of the Golden Quadrilateral Highway, the new transportation artery that forms a diamond around the heart of the country and cuts through 13 states.
Along the way, walkers and ...