Top Vatican official calls for free universal access to AIDS therapy

The Vatican secretary of state called for free universal access to AIDS drugs and AIDS therapy, and insisted it begin by giving the drugs to HIV-positive pregnant women.

“We cannot continue to tolerate the deaths of so many mothers; we cannot but think of thousands of babies as a lost generation,” said Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone.

The Vatican secretary of state spoke in Rome June 22 during a conference on preventing mother-to-child transmission of HIV. The conference, sponsored by the lay Community of Sant’Egidio, brought together African health ministers, representatives of international organizations and donors supporting anti-AIDS projects in Africa.

Continue reading

Additional reading

News category: News Shorts.

Tags: ,