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Indian nun wins international AIDS nursing award

August 08, 2017

An Indian nun who is director of nursing at a hospital and principal of a nursing college will receive the Association of Nurses in AIDS Care’s Excellence in Global HIV Nursing Award.

Sister Lourdu Mary Nagothu serves in Panchgani, a rural town of 13,000 in Maharashtra state, and developed the first master’s curriculum in HIV/AIDS, according to Vatican Radio.

 

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