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As interfaith leaders and diverse communities gathered in Zambia from 25-27 November, they emerged with the clear message that providing correct information about HIV is a crucial role for churches. 

During a World Council of Churches (WCC) prayer on 2 December, those gathered commemorated World AIDS Day, which was observed 1 December, and also prayed with the Ecumenical Prayer Cycle for the people and churches of Myanmar and Thailand.

The World Council of Churches in partnership with the Christian Conference of Asia organised a conference in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, from 14-16 November, on “Reversing the HIV Epidemic in Asia: Faith-Based Engagements.”

The World Council of Churches (WCC), in collaboration with UNAIDS and national resource persons, conducted capacity-building programs on HIV, mental health, and human rights during the annual youth assembly of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Namibia from 31 October to 3 November in Ondangwa. Nearly 500 youth participated in the assembly.

Gracia Violeta Ross, World Council of Churches (WCC) programme executive for HIV, Reproductive Health, and Pandemics, participated in an international conference on HIV, Chagas and other eliminable diseases held in Bolivia. 

Gracia Violeta Ross, WCC programme executive for HIV, Reproductive Health, and Pandemics, shared insights with a workshop entitled “The role of self-care interventions to reduce maternal mortality in the Latin America and the Caribbean region,” held from 23-25 October in Bogotá, Colombia.

Under the facilitation of the Anglican University of Congo, in partnership with the World Council of Churches (WCC) and UNAIDS, from 14-18 October in Bunia, Democratic Republic of Congo, diverse faith communities and community members including people living with HIV were mobilized to prevent mpox and strengthen HIV treatment adherence.

The World Council of Churches has newly published a discussion document, Good News about HIV Treatment, Cure, and Healing: Conversations between Faith Leaders and communities in Nigeria.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) published a new Q&A on mpox and the role of faith communities. 

At a time when global crises risk diverting attention from critical health issues, the annual Communities of Faith Breakfast held on 26 September at the Yale Club of New York City alongside the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), reaffirmed the need to prioritize children in the global fight against HIV. 

The annual Communities of Faith Breakfast will be held in New York City on 26 September with the theme “Building Partnerships to Sustain the HIV response Through 2030 and Beyond.”

To improve the understanding of young people’s unmet needs related to HIV as well as sexual and reproductive health, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is organizing multiple “Listening to young people” sessions.

Standing on a theological foundation that taking care of women is part of the mandate that God gave in the Bible, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is adapting public health messages in theological terms to advance cervical cancer elimination efforts. 

Gracia Violeta Ross, WCC programme executive for HIV, Reproductive Health, and Pandemics, will serve as a panelist during an informal World Health Organization-hosted meeting, “Together in Action: Turning Commitments into Reality—Mobilizing communities for increased demand toward cervical cancer elimination.”