The Magic Place at the ICTC and ART Centre

The Magic Place is the second in a series of "flip" books developed for children affected by/living with HIV/AIDS. The flip book is designed with a story-telling format, colourful pictures, simple language, and engaging characters, with the objective of demystifying the Integrated Counselling and Testing Centre (ICTC) and the Anti-Retroviral Therapy (ART) Centre. In the story, a group of children are led by their class teacher to visit these sites. During the story, the teacher covers topics such as symptoms of HIV, why one should get tested, benefits of ART, importance of medicines, talking to a doctor, importance of nutrition, opportunistic infections, and treatment adherence.

The reverse side of each page has the script for the picture and names the focus points made in each scene. These flip books have been developed under Alliance India's Global Fund to Fight Against AIDS, Tuberculosis, and Malaria (GFATM)-funded care and support programme for children and families as part of its CHAHA outreach (CHAHA meaning "a wish" in Hindi).