Azerbaijan. Gakh Region. Gakh. Rukhsara (on the left) is a hair stylist and the owner of a small hairdessing salon. She also works as an outreach worker for the azeri non-governmental organization (NGO) " Social union, legal development and democracy ". As outreach work, she talks to her customer Valida about HIV Aids prevention, shows leaflets about health and sexuality, distributes free condoms. The Global Fund through the Ministry of Health supports the harm reduction program with an Aids grant (financial aid). Qakh District, also Kakhi or sometimes Gakh, is a district in the north of Azerbaijan. © 2007 Didier Ruef