Das Programm des Ökumenischen Rats der Kirchen (ÖRK) für ökumenische HIV- und AIDS-Initiativen und Advocacy führte gemeinsam mit dem Pole Institute eine Konsultation der UNAIDS-PEPFAR Glaubensinitiative zu HIV-Risiken und Schutzbedürfnissen bei Migrant_innen, Vertriebenen und Flüchtlingen in Goma, Demokratische Republik Kongo durch.
The World Council of churches (WCC) Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiatives and Advocacy program, in partnership with Pole Institute, hosted a UNAIDS-PEPFAR Faith Initiative consultation on HIV risks and vulnerabilities among migrants, displaced people and refugees in Goma, Democratic Republic of Congo.
The World Council of Churches (WCC) is mourning the passing away of Hendrew Lusey-Gekawaku on 13 October 2020. He was a registered nurse, public health practitioner and ecumenist who contributed enormously to ecumenical and interfaith HIV and AIDS responses.
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.
Faith-based organizations, with the United Nations, have urged expansion of access to anti-retroviral treatment for persons living with HIV and AIDS in a consultation organized by the UNAIDS and Caritas Internationalis, from 25 to 26 February in Rome, Italy.