UN and churches push for more AIDS drugs
-30/11/05
Over 25,000 petitions calling on th
UN and churches push for more AIDS drugs
-30/11/05
Over 25,000 petitions calling on the Swiss government, the pharmaceutical industry and the churches to make a far greater effort to ensure African populations access to anti-retroviral treatments are to be presented to government, business and ecclesiastical representatives in Bern tomorrow ñ World AIDS Day.
Using the rallying call ìAfrica needs medicines. Now!î, events outside the Swiss parliament building will include the lighting of 8,000 candles laid out in the shape of Africa, a public interview with World Council of Churches general secretary Dr Samuel Kobia; and the public presentation of the petitions.
Representing the Swiss Protestant and Catholic churches, the Rev Thomas Wipf and Bishop Amede Grab will explain the positions of their respective churches on the issue. The petition campaign was jointly organized by the Bethlehem Mission Immensee and Swiss Interchurch Aid (EPER).
ìDon’t turn your back on AIDS. Keep the promiseî is the central message of this year’s World AIDS Day events being organized at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by United Nations organizations, Geneva-based ecumenical bodies – the World Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World YWCA and Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, diplomatic missions, and the International School of Geneva.
The activities will include conferences, films, exhibits, information booths, an ecumenical worship service in the Ecumenical Centre chapel, a candlelight march and a torchlight parade.
Christians of all denominations and people from a variety of faith communities are intending to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 2005 ñ and UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has produced an online pack of resources to support religious action and reflection in Britain and beyond.
An estimated 40 million people throughout the world are living with HIV, with 25 million of them living in sub-Saharan Africa.
World AIDS day is focusing on commitments to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS at all levels: personal, communal, organizational and governmental.
A full overview of campaigning, memorial and advocacy opportunities is being offered by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance on its website.
[Also on Ekklesia: Churches face up to world AIDS pandemic; Christian-owned company produces cheap AIDS drugs; Pope faces controversy on gay priests and HIV/AIDS; Churches sign AIDS code; Cardinal calls for reduction in price of AIDS medicines]
Access the Christian Aid resources here
UN and churches push for more AIDS drugs
-30/11/05
Over 25,000 petitions calling on the Swiss government, the pharmaceutical industry and the churches to make a far greater effort to ensure African populations access to anti-retroviral treatments are to be presented to government, business and ecclesiastical representatives in Bern tomorrow – World AIDS Day.
Using the rallying call ‘Africa needs medicines. Now!’, events outside the Swiss parliament building will include the lighting of 8,000 candles laid out in the shape of Africa, a public interview with World Council of Churches general secretary Dr Samuel Kobia; and the public presentation of the petitions.
Representing the Swiss Protestant and Catholic churches, the Rev Thomas Wipf and Bishop Amede Grab will explain the positions of their respective churches on the issue. The petition campaign was jointly organized by the Bethlehem Mission Immensee and Swiss Interchurch Aid (EPER).
‘Don’t turn your back on AIDS. Keep the promise’ is the central message of this year’s World AIDS Day events being organized at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva by United Nations organizations, Geneva-based ecumenical bodies – the World Council of Churches, Lutheran World Federation, World YWCA and Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance, diplomatic missions, and the International School of Geneva.
The activities will include conferences, films, exhibits, information booths, an ecumenical worship service in the Ecumenical Centre chapel, a candlelight march and a torchlight parade.
Christians of all denominations and people from a variety of faith communities are intending to mark World AIDS Day on 1 December 2005 – and UK-based international development agency Christian Aid has produced an online pack of resources to support religious action and reflection in Britain and beyond.
An estimated 40 million people throughout the world are living with HIV, with 25 million of them living in sub-Saharan Africa.
World AIDS day is focusing on commitments to stop the spread of HIV/AIDS at all levels: personal, communal, organizational and governmental.
A full overview of campaigning, memorial and advocacy opportunities is being offered by the Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance on its website.
[Also on Ekklesia: Churches face up to world AIDS pandemic; Christian-owned company produces cheap AIDS drugs; Pope faces controversy on gay priests and HIV/AIDS; Churches sign AIDS code; Cardinal calls for reduction in price of AIDS medicines]