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HIV-AIDS

July 14, 2011

Scots hear African church challenge to HIV-AIDS stigma

Civic bodies and churches in Scotland have been challenged by a priest living with HIV to face up to the stigma and prejudice surrounding AIDS.
July 8, 2011

Global churches' HIV work reaches quarter century mark

WCC member churches have been deeply involved in making churches and theological institutions HIV-competent, says the global ecumenical body.
June 15, 2011

Religious leaders positive about UN AIDS declaration

Religious leaders and representatives of faith-based organisations are giving high marks to the latest United Nations AIDS meeting.
June 13, 2011

Working for positive change in Yemen

Yemen has been much in the news of late – and the situation there is often portrayed rather negatively. Ekklesia’s Simon Barrow interviewed Progressio’s enterprising on-the-ground representative in Yemen, Abeer Al-Absi, to find out how she sees the situation, and to discover how the strands of hope can be threaded together. The discussion includes the role of women and the HIV-AIDS challenge.
May 25, 2011

Break the silence on HIV-AIDS, Church of Scotland urged

Food and worship together form an ideal way of breaking the silence on HIV, the Church of Scotland's General Assembly meeting in Edinburgh has been told.
May 23, 2011

HIV/AIDS rates in West Papua rise by 30%

Official figures released this month show that the number of people with HIV/AIDS in West Papua has grown by more than 30 per cent in four months.
March 31, 2011

Faith can help or hinder people living with HIV, says new report

A new report by Progressio is urging religious leaders to reflect on how faith communities can help or hinder support for people living with HIV.
March 31, 2011

Award-nominated Kenyan church leader changed stance on HIV

A Kenyan church leader, who used to believe HIV was God's punishment, has changed, and is up for an award celebrating her work against prejudice.
February 7, 2011

Global health partnership tightens anti-fraud mechanisms

After revelations of misappropriated funds, a prominent health partnership that fights AIDS has announced it is toughening its internal anti-fraud efforts.
December 22, 2010

Award for Somaliland HIV-AIDS charity tackling stigma

An NGO in Somaliland working with people who have been abandoned by their families because of HIV and AIDS, has won a prestigious human rights award.