Category - HIV awareness

Faith groups welcome lifting of US entry restrictions on people with HIV

Stephen Brown — Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:54:06 +0000

Campaigners on HIV and AIDS have welcomed a decision by President Barack Obama to remove US entry restrictions based on HIV status and want others to follow his example.

Faith groups seeks action on laws that impede struggle against HIV

Stephen Brown — Sat, 20 Jun 2009 20:45:18 +0100

Civil society and faith groups campaigning on HIV and AIDS have urged United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon to step up efforts to combat discrimination and criminalisation that prevent access to infomation and services.

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.

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.

Interceders Conference HIV/Aids

Jordan Tchilingirian — Mon, 19 Nov 2007 10:12:02 +0000

Start: 08/12/2007 - 10:00

The Interceders Conference will offer information and help on health and spiritual issues, providing the Church with an opportunity to make itself heard on the subject of HIV/AIDS.