DUSHANBE, May 21, Asia-Plus  -- The First Regional Basic Training Seminar to train trainers from among Muslim community leaders on HIV/AIDS campaign is going on in Dushanbe, according to the Ministry of Health (MoH). 

This tree-day seminar that was launched in Dushanbe on May 20 is part of the Central Asia AIDS Control Project.  

The source at a MoH said that the seminar participants are discussing issues related to HIV epidemic problems, models of response to HIV epidemic in other Islamic states, and implementation of Islamic guidelines on HIV/AIDS.  The well-trained Muslim leaders will then participate in HIV/AIDS campaign in their communities.    

The seminar is discussing the following subjects: Regional Islamic Declaration as response to HIV epidemic; Islamic aspects of prevention of HIV infection;  differences in approaches to the AIDS prevention issues in Western and Islamic worlds; Islam about hygiene, contraceptives and narcotics.  

The training participants include representatives of the regional group for management of the Central Asia AIDS Control Project, department for religious affairs within the Ministry of culture of Tajikistan, as well as Muslim leaders from Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan and Tajikistan.    

The Central Asia AIDS Control Project aims at contributing to minimizing the potential negative human and economic impact of a generalized HIV/AIDS epidemic.