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  • 1 Dec 2011
    Treating HIV on an empty stomach in Nairobi

    Dealing with HIV is hard enough, but the rise in food prices in the Horn of Africa has produced a new problem: treating HIV on an empty stomach.

  • 1 Dec 2011
    Vatican issues message to health workers on World AIDS Day

    The Vatican has made public an English-language statement from the Pontifical Council for Health Care Workers for World AIDS Day 2011.

  • 1 Dec 2011
    Marking World AIDS Day 2011

    World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December each year, is an important opportunity when governments, national AIDS programmes, faith organisations, community groups and individuals around the world focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic and emphasise the critical need for a committed, meaningful and sustained response.

  • 8 Dec 2010
    Governments must hold to HIV fund commitment, say agencies

    Church and civil society organisations are pressing world governments to commit to their fair share of the £840 million Global HIV Fund for 2011-13.

  • 2 Dec 2010
    Desmond Tutu urges mobilisation for HIV prevention

    Desmond Tutu has called on world leaders to take action to accelerate a decline in new HIV infections through activism that promotes prevention measures.

  • 1 Dec 2010
    Christian resources for World AIDS Day 2010

    World AIDS Day, observed on 1 December each year, is an important opportunity for national AIDS programmes, faith organisations, community organisations, individuals and governments around the world to focus attention on the global AIDS epidemic and to emphasise the critical need for a committed, meaningful and sustained response at all levels.

  • 30 Nov 2010
    Why Christians should be ashamed on World AIDS Day

    It is tragic that a group of Christians, characterised by their obsession with sexuality, are choosing to overwrite World Aids Day with their own ‘day’. Entitled “Not Ashamed Day” it is supposed to be about getting Christians to stand up and declare their faith following a number of cases of alleged ‘persecution’.

  • 2 Dec 2009
    Faith groups have a key role to play in AIDS fight, says adviser

    In preparation for World AIDS Day yesterday, Kenyans living with HIV gathered at Nairobi's All Saints cathedral to send 10,000 Thanksgiving Day postcards to US President Barack Obama.

  • 1 Dec 2009
    Archbishop's World AIDS Day message on supporting expectant mothers

    The Archbishop of Canterbury has released a 2009 World Aids Day video, highlighting the plight of expectant mothers who are HIV positive and the threat of transmission of HIV to their babies.

  • 1 Dec 2009
    US Lutherans join reflection and advocacy for World AIDS Day

    As Christians globally take part in events marking World AIDS Day, members of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America are holding worship services, gatherings and advocacy activities.