From hc2d.co.uk:

The US government has teamed up with the video game company Virtual Heroes in developing a game that teaches young Kenyans how to avoid HIV.

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As they progress through the game, they encounter situations that encourage them to use problem-solving skills, saving a happy ending for the people who succeed in making the right choices and beating the game.

The game is features a simulation of the slums and city centre of Nairobi, and is called Pamoja Mtaani, which means Together in the Hood.

University student Evelyne Mwandia said that the characters in the game teach her about HIV prevention, and how to protect herself by having one partner and using a condom.

From mediaglobal.org:

"Cell phone games are nothing new. But four cell phone games released by ZMQ Software Systems in 2005 is an invention that has hitherto been unknown. The games are unconventional in that they have a unique objective of their own: to increase HIV/AIDS awareness.

Increasing HIV/AIDS awareness through the use of cell phones ensures maximum impact. ZMQ Software Systems calls it the “device of the future.” When the organization launched the ‘Freedom HIV/AIDS’ campaign in India in 2005 and Africa in 2006, cell phones were involved – in the interest of creating maximum impact."

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