Karwar: "It is the responsibility of all to create awareness among people regarding the dreaded Human immunodeficiency virus infection and acquired immune deficiency syndrome (HIV/AIDS)", said District Principal & Sessions Judge Vital Dharwadkar here.

Addressing the workshop on HIV-AIDS organized by Karnataka State AIDS prevention society, district health and family welfare department, district AIDS control & prevention unit, district legal service authority and Bar Association here, he said that awareness about this diseases is still less in rural areas of the country. They also lack information about the products that can prevent sexually transmissible diseases.