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Dr Ulysses Burley III is serving as a WCC delegate to the 62nd Commission on the Status of Women at the United Nations in New York City (CSW62), being held 12-23 March. Dr Burley, from Chicago, is a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. He currently serves on the WCC-Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance HIV Access to Treatment Working Group.

The questions are numerous and visitors diverse as the World Council of Churches (WCC) hosts a Faith Networking Zone at the 19th International Conference on AIDS and STIs (sexually transmitted infections) in Africa, ICASA 2017, on 4-8 December.

Am 1. Dezember, dem Welt-AIDS-Tag 2017, brachte das Globale Ökumenische Aktionsbündnis des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen (ÖRK-EAA) Vertretende von glaubensbasierten Organisationen, vom öffentlichen Sektor sowie von zwischenstaatlichen Organisationen im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf zusammen.

On World AIDS Day 2017, the WCC-EAA brought together representatives of faith-based organizations as well as public sector and inter-governmental organizations at the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 1 December.

Para conmemorar el Día Mundial de la Lucha contra el Sida 2017, la Alianza Ecuménica de Acción Mundial del Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI-AEAM) reunió a representantes de organizaciones religiosas, así como del sector público y de organizaciones intergubernamentales, en el Centro Ecuménico, en Ginebra, el pasado 1 de diciembre.

Le 1ᵉʳ décembre, à l’occasion de la Journée mondiale de lutte contre le sida 2017, l’Alliance œcuménique «agir ensemble» du Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE-EAA) a réuni des représentantes et représentants d’organisations d’inspiration religieuse, du secteur public et d’organisations intergouvernementales au Centre œcuménique de Genève.

On 17 November, leaders from national and international organizations met in Vatican City to address key concerns in securing early testing and treatment for children and adolescents living with HIV.

Rev. Rahab Wanjiru Kariuki, an Anglican priest living with HIV in Kenya, strongly believes there’s a reason for an uptick in HIV infections among young people: “It is because we have kept silent.” Kariuki refuses to be silent and refuses to remain passive. These are mantras not only for the way she lives but for the ways in which she ministers and cares for others.

A lay Anglican woman in Uganda is helping to build an HIV competent community and church, in a country where the epidemic is still a big challenge. Josephine Kasaato is president of the Mothers’ Union in the Namirembe Diocese in the capital of Uganda, Kampala. She is using her position to create awareness and educate the community about HIV and AIDS.

The World Council of Churches - Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance endorses a newly expanded collaboration on HIV between the Medicine Patent Pool and Gilead. On 4 October, the MPP announced a licence with Gilead Sciences for bictegravir, a new integrase inhibitor part of a once-daily, single-tablet HIV regimen currently filed for regulatory approval at the United States Food and Drug Administration and the European Union.

"Over a number of years, the World Council of Churches Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance (WCC-EAA) has advocated for governments, intergovernmental organizations, religious leaders, faith organizations and individuals to fulfil their commitments to contribute to the vision of ‘getting to zero’ – zero new HIV infections, zero discrimination, and zero AIDS-related deaths,” explains Francesca Merico, HIV campaign coordinator of the WCC-EAA.

Gathered in Kigali, Rwanda on 25-29 September, religious leaders from a variety of faith communities in French-speaking Africa have explored the issue of ”faith-healing only” practices, where some faith communities encourage people living with HIV to stop taking their anti-retroviral medication, claiming they can be healed by faith alone – a rationale devastating for work to overcome HIV and AIDS.

Glaubensgestützte Organisationen stehen im Zentrum einer besonderen Aufgabe: einen Aufruf zum Handeln veröffentlichen – um Säuglingen, Kindern und Jugendlichen auf der ganzen Welt HIV-Prävention, ­-Tests und -Therapie zugänglich zu machen.

Faith-based organizations are at the heart of a special mission: issuing a call to action—to ensure that infants, children and adolescents around the world have access to HIV prevention, testing and treatment.

Las organizaciones basadas en la fe están al centro de una misión especial: hacer un llamado a la acción para asegurar que lactantes, niños y adolescentes del mundo entero tengan acceso a la prevención, la detección y el tratamiento del VIH.

Les organisations d’inspiration religieuse sont au cœur d’une mission spéciale: lancer un appel à l’action pour garantir que les nourrissons, les enfants et les adolescent-e-s du monde entier puissent accéder à la prévention, au dépistage et au traitement du VIH.

Während in New York die 72. Generalversammlung der Vereinten Nationen kurz bevorsteht, mobilisieren sich Glaubensgemeinschaften rund um Themen im Zusammenhang mit HIV und AIDS. Für die Arbeit zur Überwindung der Epidemie wollen sie gemeinsame Grundlagen und eine einheitliche, starke Stimme finden.

As the United Nations General Assembly is getting into gear for the 72nd time in New York, USA, faith communities are mobilizing around issues surrounding HIV and AIDS, working to find common ground, and a shared, strong voice in working to overcoming the epidemic.

Al inicio del 72° período de sesiones de la Asamblea General de las Naciones en Nueva York, EEUU, las comunidades de fe se movilizan en torno a temas relacionados con el VIH y el sida, trabajando para encontrar un terreno común, así como una voz fuerte y compartida en su labor para superar la epidemia.

Tandis que l’Assemblée générale des Nations Unies se met à l’ouvrage pour la 72ᵉ fois à New York (États-Unis), les communautés de foi se mobilisent autour des questions liées au VIH et au sida, en quête d’un terrain d’entente et d’une position commune déterminée pour lutter contre l’épidémie.