Résultats de la recherche

Notre monde est celui de la migration. Pourtant, les idées reçues et la mystification restent ancrées dans la manière dont nous appréhendons le chemin à parcourir – en particulier concernant les maladies transmissibles telles que le VIH.

On 20-21 February, UNAIDS, the WCC and the International Catholic Migration Commission are hosting a workshop on HIV among migrants and refugees. The aim of the workshop is to identify a roadmap for strengthening faith-based organizations’ engagement in collaboration with other sectors.

Les 20 et 21 février, l’ONUSIDA, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) et la Commission internationale catholique pour les migrations accueillent un atelier sur le VIH chez les personnes migrantes et réfugiées.

A “High-Level Dialogue to Assess Progress on and Intensify Commitment To Scaling Up Diagnosis and Treatment of Paediatric HIV” was convened 6-7 December at the Pontifical Academy of Sciences in Vatican City.

Dr Cecile De Sweemer, who served as staff of the Christian Medical Commission of the World Council of Churches (WCC) from 1982 to 1986, died on the 27 November in Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC). De Sweemer, a Belgian medical doctor with a doctorate in International Health from Johns Hopkins University, with extensive experience in Asia and Africa, was a dedicated and compassionate physician.

Fifty years after its assembly in Uppsala, Sweden, decisively turned to public engagement, the WCC still seeks to engage and address issues of public concern and the common good.

Cinquante ans après son assemblée à Uppsala (Suède), qui était résolument tournée vers l’engagement public, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) continue de s’engager et de s’atteler aux questions d’intérêt public et au bien commun.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) has made several new appointments this year, welcoming programme executives, a programme director, and a new dean of the Bossey Ecumenical Institute.

The year 1948 was historical not only for the founding of the World Council of Churches, but also for the launch of its neighbour down the road in Geneva, the World Health Organization (WHO).

Faith leaders and health service providers from across the globe gathered on 27 September for an interfaith prayer breakfast, to join their voices and commit their action to combat the spread of HIV and TB in children.

As Ebola breaks out in northern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), church and church agencies are moving to help counter the virus, which has left at least 25 people dead and more than 50 infected.

Seventy years ago, at its founding, the World Council of Churches (WCC) had already engaged in years of diaconial work, facilitating resettlement of hundreds of thousands of refugees after World War II. Now, two generations later, the WCC and sister ecumenical organizations have joined forces to re-envision and reignite diakonia for a new and radically different context.

À sa fondation il y a 70 ans, le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) s’était déjà engagé dans des activités diaconales pendant plusieurs années, facilitant la réinstallation de centaines de milliers de personnes réfugiées au lendemain de la Deuxième Guerre mondiale.

Convening a range of international representatives and partners in Geneva on 24 May, the WCC reiterated its commitment to the ministry of health and healing for all people, taking new steps towards a new Global Ecumenical Health Strategy.

“She is HIV positive too. No need to inherit her late husband’s title deed. She will die soon and leave it anyway.”

These man’s thoughts during his brother’s funeral were used by Jane Ng’ang’a, national coordinator, International Network of Religious Leaders Living with or Personally Affected by HIV (INERELA+) Kenya Chapter, to push the debate on property and inheritance rights linked to HIV. The discussion was held during the 61st Session of the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women (CSW), on 16 March, at the headquarters of UNAIDS, in New York.

“How can we work together, to share what it is in our hands, share the work that is before us? How can we empower one another, capacity-build our religious leaders and mobilize our congregations, to be more proactive in health-promoting issues?”

After learning about the link between HIV and sexual and gender-based violence, the Rev. Neila Ingram said what was on the minds of many women religious leaders: “So now I have work to go and do in my community and church.”

More than 120 religious and spiritual leaders, health workers and young people met on 7-8 February to focus on strengthening the fight against stigma in the HIV response in Kenya. They were joined by representatives from the Kenyan government, civil society organizations, networks of people living with HIV, and development partners for an event in Nairobi. The meeting, “Faith on the Fast Track: Eliminating Stigma and Discrimination Through Love and Dialogue” aimed to assess the impact of the Framework for Dialogue methodology which has been implemented in several countries since 2013.

Plus de 120 responsables religieux et spirituels, travailleurs sanitaires et jeunes gens se sont réunis les 7 et 8 février derniers pour mettre l’accent sur le renforcement du combat mené contre la stigmatisation au titre de la riposte au VIH au Kenya. Des représentants du gouvernement kényan, d’organisations de la société civile, de réseaux de personnes vivant avec le VIH, ainsi que des partenaires de développement se sont joints à eux dans le cadre d’un événement à Nairobi. Axée sur le thème «Faith on the Fast Track: Eliminating Stigma and Discrimination Through Love and Dialogue» (La foi pour accélérer la riposte: éliminer la stigmatisation et la discrimination par l’amour et le dialogue), la réunion visait à évaluer l’impact de la méthodologie du «Framework for Dialogue» (Cadre pour le dialogue), une initiative mise en œuvre dans plusieurs pays depuis 2013. L’événement était organisé par INERELA+ Kenya (le Réseau international des responsables religieux vivant avec ou affectés par le VIH, Kenya) et l’EAA-COE (l’Alliance œcuménique «agir ensemble» du Conseil œcuménique des Églises), avec notamment l’appui du Programme commun des Nations Unies sur le VIH/sida (ONUSIDA).

The World Council of Churches - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance applauds the first licensing agreement related to tuberculosis, announced on 25 January by the Medicines Patent Pool and Johns Hopkins University. The agreement will facilitate the clinical development of sutezolid, a tuberculosis drug candidate. The antibiotic sutezolid, in combination with other drugs, could be used to more effectively treat drug-sensitive and drug-resistant tuberculosis.