Some 200 students from Taipei Medical University (TMU) held a march Tuesday in downtown Taipei, calling for the public's attention to AIDS-related human rights issues. The students, including some from the United States, Haiti, Finland, Japan and Kenya, chanted slogans as they marched from their university, past the Taipei 101 Tower and back to their campus. The march was held in recognition of Dec. 10 International Human Rights Day and Dec. 1 World AIDS Day. Lin I-lun, head of TMU's foreign student association, said the major purpose of the activity was to heighten public awareness of AIDS prevention and help promote the concept of a global village and a non-discriminatory co-existence of all peoples. Chang Wu-shou, director of the TMU's foreign affairs department, said the university is keen to see students develop an interest in international affairs and acquire a global perspective. The TMU, as part of its efforts to help deal with the spread of AIDS in Africa, has sent two volunteer medical service groups to provide service to HIV carriers in Swaziland and Sao Tome and Principe, Chang said. Noting that the some 40 percent of Swaziland's population in the 25-45 age group is affected by HIV, he said the TMU is keen to accept students from African countries who wish to pursue advanced medical studies and AIDS management programs. Monicah Nthumbi, a Kenyan exchange student at TMU, said AIDS-related management is an important issue in her country and she expressed the hope that she will be able to learn modern management skills to help contain the spread of the fatal disease in Kenya. 