Archive · 29 Jul 2026
KSAPS Launches Red Ribbon Awareness Campaign in Karnataka Colleges
The Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS) has started an eight-month campaign in colleges to teach students about HIV/AIDS.
They will have activities on campus and online to spread awareness.
Colleges will report how many students join these activities.
The campaign also uses a QR code tool to help people check if they might be at risk of HIV.
If the tool says they might be at risk, they can go to a testing center to get checked.
The campaign is part of a bigger effort to make people aware of HIV and encourage them to get tested if needed.
Around 2.03 lakh people in Karnataka are already getting treatment for HIV, and 39,028 of them are between 18 and 35 years old.
KSAPS launched an eight-month Red Ribbon awareness campaign in Karnataka colleges.
The campaign aims to improve HIV/AIDS awareness among students through campus activities and digital outreach.
Colleges will report monthly on participation and digital reach.
A QR code-based self-assessment tool helps individuals check their HIV risk.
HIV testing is voluntary, and the tool advises at-risk individuals to visit ICTCs.
- Who
- Karnataka State AIDS Prevention Society (KSAPS)
- What
- Launched an eight-month Red Ribbon awareness campaign across colleges in Karnataka
- When
- Not specified
- Where
- Karnataka, India
- Why
- To improve awareness about HIV/AIDS among students through regular campus activities and digital outreach
Proactive Awareness Campaign
Privacy and Voluntary Testing
Awareness Campaign
Proactive Awareness Campaign
KSAPS is launching an eight-month Red Ribbon awareness campaign across colleges to improve HIV/AIDS awareness among students through regular campus activities and digital outreach.
Privacy and Voluntary Testing
The campaign encourages healthy competition among colleges through a transparent scoring system and monthly reports.
Voluntary Testing
Proactive Awareness Campaign
The campaign promotes the use of a QR code-based self-assessment tool to help individuals assess their HIV risk.
Privacy and Voluntary Testing
HIV testing is not mandatory, and the self-assessment tool is only a screening tool to advise voluntary testing at Integrated Counselling and Testing Centres (ICTCs).
- Campaign Duration
- Eight months
- Target Group
- College students
- Objective
- Improve HIV/AIDS awareness
- Method
- Campus activities and digital outreach
- Coordinators
- District AIDS Prevention and Control Officers
- Self-Assessment Tool
- Break Free India – HIV Self Risk Assessment tool
- Total People Receiving Treatment
- 2.03 lakh
- People in 18-35 Age Group Receiving Treatment
- 39,028