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Stop Mr. HIV: prevention education goes online
HIV/ AIDS education and prevention turns to social media to prevent spread of infection. HIV infection continues to rise. Additionally more and more people are turning to online resources for information and entertainment. Combining HIV education and online resources is recognised as having potential for to reach a larger audience and provide more accessible learning tools. Using social network sites like Facebook, YouTube and Twitter make it easy to raise awareness of the available resources. The online HIV prevention resource is based on a successful inhouse program by Standard Chartered. This program has been adapted to create an online interactive website VIR.US

Interactive video
6 animated watch and learn videos based on the successful Standard Chartered's in-house HIV prevention programme make up the core of the online learning programme. Using a variety of interesting characters such as Mr. HIV, Bob the Cabbie and Lou Lou the viewer is both entertained and educated on HIV/AIDS prevention.