Dangerous cases of faith leaders who tell people with HIV to stop taking their life-saving drugs have been identified by African-led community groups in a number of locations across England. Seven groups said there were instances of people being told by faith leaders they had been “healed” through prayer – and then pressured to stop Read more
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Stop herbal hoax… no cure for HIV
Monday, June 11th, 2012Traditional herbal therapy organisations and practitioners in the Pacific have been told to stop misleading people living with HIV (PLHIV). The call was made by the Pacific Islands AIDS Foundation in a statement. “PIAF’s call relates to certain traditional herbal therapy organisations and religious organisations in the region that have claimed that their herbal products Read more
PNG Bishops announce “conscience objection” to condoms policy
Tuesday, May 15th, 2012
The Bishops’ Conference of Papua New Guinea and the Solomon Islands has announced its “conscientious objection” to an education ministry directive that requires high schools to distribute condoms to students. “Even if the document issued by the Ministry of Education has many positive points, we cannot be forced to follow a policy which contradicts with Read more
Catholic Church takes over care of 22,656 HIV/AIDS African patients
Friday, March 2nd, 2012
A US faith-based organisation has handed over providing relief to HIV/AIDS patients in Uganda to the Catholic Church. As of March 1, the Uganda Episcopal Conference is partnering with Centres for Disease Control, providing care and relief to more than 22,656 patients. This follows the expiry of the Aids Relief Health Systems Strengthening project that Read more
Some health workers believe prayer a cure for AIDS
Tuesday, December 20th, 2011
A self assessment of transmission risks in Fiji has revealed that a number of people, including health workers, believe prayer a cure for HIV infection. Of the respondents who voiced opinions on the matter, most expressed belief that most other Fijians believe in the efficacy of religious faith, herbal medicines, laying on of hands, Christian prayer Read more
European Parliament urges access to abortion to stop the spread of AIDS
Tuesday, December 13th, 2011The European Parliament, the European Union’s representative body, has passed a resolution urging the use of abortion and contraception to stop the spread of AIDS, while making no mention of abstinence education.
The document, coded “B7-0615/2011,” which was passed December 1, addresses the European Union’s “response to HIV/AIDS in the EU and in neighboring countries,” and lists a number of measures to combat the deadly disease.
According to the document, the European Parliament “calls on the Commission and Council to ensure access to high-quality, comprehensive sexual and reproductive health services, information and supplies,” which should include “equitable and affordable access to contraceptives, including access to emergency contraception; safe and legal abortion, including post-abortion care.”
The document does not mention abstinence or abstinence education, which medical experts say is the most effective way to prevent HIV transmission.
Read the article...Vatican calls for universal access to HIV – AIDS treatments
Tuesday, December 6th, 2011
To coincide with World AIDS Day, the Vatican has appealed for universal access to HIV/AIDS treatments. The statement from the Pontifical Council for Healthcare Workers says says World AIDS Day is a privileged moment to relaunch the fight against social prejudice and that World AIDS Day is a new opportunity to promote universal access to therapies for Read more
Behaviour change effective against AIDS
Tuesday, October 18th, 2011
Sister Luzia Wetzel, the coordinator of the Zambia’a youth Alive HIV/Aids prevention programme, said, “Condoms are not the solution to Aids.” Sister Wetzel has had 40 years experience working in Africa and believes that rather than emphasizing the use of condoms, behaviour change is the key to tackling the problem. The Youth Alive programme, which has Read more
Religious organisations closer to real solution in fight against HIV
Tuesday, October 11th, 2011
Religious organisations are “closer to the real solution” in advocating fidelity to one partner at a time and delaying sexual debut than the technology promoted by the United Nations, the United States, the World Bank, the European Union and other global leaders, says Dr. Edward C. Green, president and director of the New Paradigm Research Read more
Church to carry out study on the PMIZ in Madang
Tuesday, September 20th, 2011
The Catholic Church is to carry out a study on the PMIZ (Pacific Marine Industrial Zone) proposed for Madang. The church held the original title to the 216-hectare site. The study is meant to help inform the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of PNG and Solomon Islands about what is happening. Fr Philip Gibbs of Mt Hagen Archdiocese is carrying Read more