Red Ribbon Express is an AIDS/HIV awareness campaign train by the Indian Railways.
The ‘Red Ribbon Express’ is a special train being run in order to propagate information on primary prevention and services, developing an understanding the infection to reduce stigma and discrimination against the people living with HIV/AIDS, strengthening people knowledge about the measures to be taken to prevent HIV/AIDS and adopting preventive health habits and lifestyle.
- The Red Ribbon Express was launched in India on World AIDS Day, December 1, 2007.
- Motto: The motto of the Red Ribbon Express is “Embarking on the journey of life”
- Government launched 3rd Phase of Red Ribbon Express in New Delhi on January 12, 2012
Source : gktoday.in
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