Condom awareness at NUST

Nust students

National University of Science and Technology (NUST) becomes the first university in Zimbabwe to celebrate International Condom Week.  The NUST SRC organized the awareness campaign with the support of Carex Zimbabwe. It was a lively and educative event as students got to know how to protect themselves from being HIV infected. The Carex representatives used a method of asking students question about the use of condoms and the person who got the answer correct was given a condoms or a Carex t-shirt

I personally think it is a good idea for such events or campaigns to continue taking place in universities as the truth of matter is that most students are sexually active. However, despite being sexually active, some students are ignorant to the issue of protecting themselves. The issue that was raised one raised by the Zimbabwean Ministry of Health of placing condoms in high school toilets should take place not in high schools but in universities. Stories have come out in the media of high rates of HIV positive people being students at universities and colleges. This is true which makes the issue of protecting one's self very important to be addressed in the universities. The campaign that was organised by NUST is actually a good move and other universities and colleges should take note and follow the same foot stapes.

University students are the future of the country, what will the world turn to if more students die of HIV/AIDS. Condoms do not only protect people from getting HIV but also protects unwanted pregnancy and other STIs.

BE SMART AND PROTECT YOUR SELF FROM GETTING HIV, USE CONDOMS