     Funding has been provided to 3 associations of disabled people as part of efforts to reduce the impact of HIV/AIDS; Drama skits and role plays and debates have been organized; Leaflets in Braille have been translated and displayed. About 3,223 people with disabilities took part in the dissemination of messages aimed at preventing and fighting HIV/AIDS; A total of 3,000 T-shirts with Braille and hand written messages on the prevention and fighting of HIV/AIDS addressed to people with disabilities have been distributed throughout the country’s provinces; A total of 346 activists have been trained in matters related to people with disabilities. 323.Family Support, Rehabilitation and Medical Services:   Community leaders have been sensitized and clinical personnel, traumatologists, internists, orthopedists, pediatricians and surgeons advised to refer post-traumatic and post-immobilized patients, patients suffering from crippling diseases, crippling deformities and other ailments to physical medicine and rehabilitation services as early possible with a view to reducing future complications. The Community-Based Assistance Program (ABC) has identified 28,491 people with disabilities. Of this number, 21,866 have received the required assistance. 324.Crutches, sandals, walking sticks, tricycles, wheelchairs, knee pads, orthoses, prostheses, orthopedic boots and walkers have been manufactured in the country. The most sought compensatory devices in Mozambique include hearing aids, upper limb prosthetics, walking sticks, orthopedic boots, tricycles, wheelchairs, crutches, white sticks, glasses, and corrective and stabilizing orthoses. 325.The ABC program calls for the creation of conditions for medical assistance and the provision of medicines to people with disabilities. Priority ought to be given to people with disabilities, including allowances to the needy, sensitizing health personnel about behavioral change towards people with disabilities, and training of health personnel in sign language. A total of 22,111 people with disabilities have received free medical assistance and medication. 326.Disability cases attended to at orthopedic facilities were attributed to the following: landmine incidents (81), diseases (845), road accidents (204), workrelated accidents (20), accidents at home (43), and various causes (194). A total of 5,629 compensatory devices (prostheses, orthoses, walkers, wheelchairs and orthopedic footwear) have been manufactured and 2,232 others repaired. A total of 5,590 people with disabilities have benefitted from compensatory devices throughout the country. 327. Youth and Sports: Combined Report from the Republic of Mozambique to the ACHPR, 1999-2010 57

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