Rev. Dr Luciano Chianeque, from Angola, is the regional coordinator for Lusophone or Portuguese-speaking Africa for the World Council of Churches' Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy (EHAIA) programme.

A theologian and author of publications including A Biblical Mandate for Social Change and The Angolan Conflict, Creation of Knowledge in Africa in the Face of Globalization, his experience of working on HIV and AIDS related issues spans many years.