Category - Aids

Pope still in a pickle over condoms and AIDS comments

staff writers — Thu, 19 Mar 2009 03:45:12 +0000

The Vatican has amended comments made about condoms by the Pope, but the change in tone is unlikely to stem critics who say his anti-contraception stance is damaging the fight against HIV-AIDS.

HIV and AIDS ambassador 'humbled' by peace award

agency reporter — Wed, 04 Mar 2009 10:19:32 +0000

Gideon B Byamugisha says he is humbled to have been named as this year’s recipient of the prestigious Niwano Peace Prize - the Nobel Peace Prize of faith communities.

HIV-positive Ugandan priest is awarded 2009 Niwano Peace Prize

Ecumenical News International — Sun, 22 Feb 2009 00:00:09 +0000

Gideon Byamugisha, a Ugandan who became the first known African cleric to declare publicly he was HIV-positive, breaking stigma-induced silence on the illness, has been awarded the Niwano Peace Prize.

UK Government urged to ensure HIV target on mother-to-child-transmission met

agency reporter — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:57:40 +0000

Governments, donors and the international community must do more to ensure that every HIV positive pregnant woman has access to high quality Prevention of Mother To Child Transmission (PMTCT) services.

Evangelicals launch appeal for access to vital HIV medicine

agency reporter — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 16:18:08 +0000

Christian aid agency Tearfund has launched an appeal to ensure people living with HIV are able to access vital antiretroviral (ARV) medication.

Misery for thousands of Zimbabweans with HIV and AIDS as food shortage bites

agency reporter — Mon, 01 Dec 2008 15:48:01 +0000

Thousands of people with HIV and AIDS are being forced further into misery in Zimbabwe, as drastic food shortages and spiralling prices make it difficult to follow antiretroviral treatment regimes

Archbishop denounces religious 'AIDS punishment' message

Ecumenical News International — Thu, 27 Nov 2008 07:38:47 +0000

Faith leaders "should shout from the rooftops that AIDS is not a punishment from God but a medical condition which is preventable", the former leader of South Africa's Anglican church, Archbishop Njongo Ndungane, has declared.

African churches' leader takes HIV test to encourage others

Ecumenical News International — Fri, 12 Sep 2008 09:28:45 +0100

The general secretary of the All Africa Conference of Churches, the Rev Mvume Dandala, is encouraging mass voluntary testing for HIV by undergoing a personal test for the virus, and encourages other religious leaders to do the same.

Lambeth bishops to be challenged on HIV in Africa

staff writers — Tue, 08 Jul 2008 09:35:46 +0100

While the media focus is on in-fighting over sexuality and gender, the July 2008 Lambeth Conference of worldwide Anglican bishops will be challenged to look outwards at the HIV-AIDS pandemic facing millions in Africa.

Theologians and practitioners team up in HIV prevention struggle

staff writers — Tue, 22 Jan 2008 09:12:03 +0000

An educational institution in southern Africa is hosting a major theological consultation on HIV prevention called by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (EAA), based in Geneva. Participants are expected from across the globe.