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In a country now counting 100 million inhabitants, and where 2.5 percent are added annually, it is increasingly hard for the government to keep pace with the needs of its people. “In this challenging environment, the work of non-governmental organisations is critical in order to ease the burden on public service institutions”, explains Dr Maged Moussa Yanny, general director of EpiscoCare.

For HIV-infected people in Nairobi, the Eastern Deanery Aids Relief Program makes a difference. By providing a quarter of the antiretroviral therapy care, it helps around 26,000 HIV-infected people in the Kenyan capital to live normal lives.

Ten years ago, while studying to become a nurse, Khadijah Abdullah was confronted at a hospital with a rather difficult patient, a Muslim living with AIDS who was also coping with several other medical issues. When Abdullah realized how isolated and stigmatized this patient was in his own faith community, she became aware of her prejudices and ignorance and she decided to do something about it.

Ours is a world of migration. Yet myths and mystification persist in our understanding of the journey – particularly when it comes to transmittable diseases such as HIV.

Am 20. und 21. Februar haben UNAIDS, der Ökumenische Rat der Kirchen (ÖRK) und die Internationale Katholische Migrationskommission einen Workshop zum Thema HIV unter Migrierenden und Flüchtlingen veranstaltet.

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.

Im Ökumenischen Zentrum in Genf werden am 21. November die Stimmen junger Menschen anlässlich eines Festes zum globalen Weltkindertag zu hören sein, das im Zusammenhang mit anderen Veranstaltungen des Ökumenischen Rates der Kirchen an anderen Orten organisiert wird.

The voices of young people will ring through the Ecumenical Centre in Geneva on 21 November as part of global celebrations for World Children’s Day linked to other events involving the World Council of Churches (WCC) in different places.

Las voces de los jóvenes resonarán en el Centro Ecuménico de Ginebra el 21 de noviembre como parte de las celebraciones en todo el planeta del Día Mundial de los Niños vinculadas a otros acontecimientos en los que participa el Consejo Mundial de Iglesias (CMI) en diferentes lugares.

Les voix des plus jeunes raisonneront dans les murs du Centre œcuménique le 21 novembre à Genève dans le cadre des célébrations pour la Journée mondiale de l’enfance, en lien avec d’autres événements impliquant le Conseil œcuménique des Églises (COE) à divers endroits.

Konkretes Handeln von Kirchen in aller Welt sei notwendig, um der anhaltenden Geißel der sexuellen und geschlechtsbezogenen Gewalt entgegenzuwirken, mahnt der ÖRK in einem anklagenden Appell aus Uppsala (Schweden).

Concrete action by churches everywhere is necessary to counter the persistent scourge of sexual and gender-based violence, urges the WCC in a plaintive call from Uppsala, Sweden.

Every two years, the International AIDS Conference provides scientists with a venue to announce new discoveries in how HIV is diagnosed and treated. This year, the 23-27 July conference, held in Amsterdam, was no exception.

Faith-based organizations have been at the forefront of calls to accelerate HIV testing and treatment for children and adolescents. As gaps in infection and treatment between adults and children have become more apparent, there are now more concerted efforts to “super fast-track” services for children. But will they be enough?

A symbolic bridge, carefully constructed over a two-day interfaith conference, connects an interfaith networking zone with a space shared with the World Health Organization (WHO), UNAIDS and Unitaid at the Global Village of the International AIDS Conference 2018.

“Science is important. But social change is needed, and social change happens with faith–based organizations.”

How faith groups and leaders can, should and are building bridges to more effectively eliminate AIDS as a public health threat is the focus of an interfaith event being held in Amsterdam, 21-22 July 2018.