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Posts Categorized: HIV/AIDS
December 1, 2015
by Paul Olson On World AIDS Day, UNAIDS calls us to get on the fast track to end AIDS. Girls who live with a disability and who have been made vulnerable face more violence in schools than do girls who are not living with a disability. The same is true for children affected by HIV/AIDS…. Read more »
November 28, 2015
December 1 is World AIDS Day. Here are ways to plan observances for the day Download the World AIDS Day packet by the Presbyterian AIDS Network Study Becoming an HIV and AIDS Competent Church: Prophetic Witness and Compassionate Action – a report and study guide Order The Changing Face of HIV/AIDS – a free video Find… Read more »
July 30, 2015
by Sarah Hoyle As the focus in the UN changes from the Millennium Development Goals to the Sustainable Development Goals, it is important to celebrate the Goals that have been achieved, When the MDGs were established, the world was gripped in a swiftly spreading AIDS pandemic that was spiraling out of control. MDG6 was established… Read more »
November 30, 2012
Our partners in the Presbyterian AIDS Network of PHEWA remind us of the importance of World AIDS Day: December 1, 2012 marks World AIDS Day (WAD), a day of awareness and action in the struggle to eradicate HIV and AIDS. World AIDS Day brings together people from around the world to raise awareness about HIV… Read more »
December 11, 2011
Sunday, December 11 Amos 9:11-15 The scripture we read speaks of repair, raise, and rebuild. Repairing. Raising up. Rebuilding. This is what we are about. Yesterday, we celebrated Human Rights Day. So often, our world celebrates “days.” We have days for youth, women, earth, indigenous rights, water, food, HIV/AIDS and so many other days,… Read more »
September 16, 2011
In the New York City area? Consider learning about the church at work in Madagascar. Madagascar: The Witness of the Church A Brown Bag Lunch12:00 – 1:30 p.m.September 26, 2011Presbytery of New York City475 Riverside Drive, Suite 1600 The Rev. Hubert Rakotoarivony and Dan Turk will speak to the current situation in Madagascar and efforts of the Church of… Read more »
July 26, 2011
The 219th General Assembly (2010) of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) adopted the resolution, “Becoming an HIV and AIDS Competent Church: Prophetic Witness and Compassionate Action” in exercise of its responsibility to help the whole church address matters of “social righteousness.” The resolution identifies issues impacting people living with HIV and AIDS such as poverty, gender… Read more »
June 9, 2011
More than 3000 people have come together at the United Nations in New York for the UN General Assembly High Level Meeting on AIDS. The meeting, which runs from 8-10 June, provides an opportunity to take stock of the progress and challenges of the last 30 years and shape the future AIDS response. Photographers Bo… Read more »
June 7, 2011
U.S. Permanent Representative to the United Nations, Ambassador Susan Rice gave a statement about HIV/AIDS to the Security Council this afternoon. She said, “Two decades of often heroic international efforts to extend the lives of those living with HIV/AIDS have significantly alleviated the health effects of the disease, but most people living with HIV still… Read more »
June 6, 2011
The 2011 UN General Assembly High-Level Meeting on AIDS is taking place in New York starting on June 8 and ending on June 10. Thirty years into the AIDS epidemic, and 10 years since the landmark UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, the world will come together to review progress and chart the future… Read more »
