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The European educational portal Xplore Health expands its contents with a new module on HIV / AIDS

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 23.10.2012

The European educational portal Xplore Health expands its contents with a new module on HIV / AIDS

A new module on HIV / AIDS, developed jointly by the Barcelona Science Park (PCB) and the AIDS Research Institute IrsiCaixa, with the collaboration of the 'la Caixa' Foundation has been published today in the European educational portal , led by the Barcelona Science Park (PCB). The aim of Xplore Health- a project funded by the European Commission through the 7th Framework Programme, which also has the support of the Amgen Foundation-is to bring biomedical research closer to education, stimulate public debate, promote scientific culture and inspire future researchers through innovative multimedia tools and youth activities through the Internet, schools and science museums.


‘, the new module on HIV / AIDS, is in line with the Outreach and AIDS Prevention Programme that IrsiCaixa and the ‘la Caixa’ Foundation have been promoting since 2010 in the belief that the dissemination of scientific content addressing this issue can contribute to prevention. Both programs are aimed primarily at high school students aged 15 to 18 years, although they can also be useful for organizing educational activities by civil society entities.

Xplore Health is a European educational portal of biomedical research that provides innovative multimedia tools and youth activities through the Internet, schools and science museums. The program is designed for teachers and students, and is structured in thematic modules that revolve around areas related to current research, such as drug development, genomics, biotechnology, cancer, malaria and AIDS.

The portal was created with the wish to expand the dissemination of information offer provided by the Barcelona Science Park under its programme ‘‘, which includes 120 activities aimed at 4,500 people per year.

The project is developed by a European consortium, coordinated by the PCB, with the participation also of the Centre of the Cell (University of London) and two European networks that coordinate in room activities: the European School Net, which encompasses more than 30,000 schools from over 30 countries, and the European Network of Science Centres and Museums (ECSITE), which embraces over 400 science museums.