Category Archives: HIV and AIDS
Caritas praised at UN for work on AIDS
By Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, Head of Caritas Internationalis Delegation in Geneva In conjunction with the 14th meeting of the United Nations Council on Human Rights, it is rare to see a full meeting room during the lunchtime parallel … Continue reading
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HIV/AIDS – a challenge for church and society
By Silke Ruprechtsberger, Caritas Austria “No part of the world is free of HIV or of AIDS. This is more than a problem of individuals – it affects whole families, and it affects whole communities”, said Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, … Continue reading
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Was universal access to HIV medications only a fantasy?
by Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo Head of Caritas Internationalis Delegation in Geneva As a veritable “dinosaur” in following the global response to the HIV pandemic, I recall only too vividly my fist visit to Uganda in the late 1980s, … Continue reading
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Launch of HAART for Children Campaign in India
Read this entry in French or Spanish The Indian chapter of the Caritas HAART for Children Campaign was launched with much fanfare on the 20th of November 2009 in New Delhi. The event was all the more since it coincided … Continue reading
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World AIDS Day in solidarity with infected and sick children
From a news website of Vorarlberg Bregenz: Today, on World AIDS Day, Caritas international calls for an improvement of the situation of children Living or affected by HIV/AIDS with the launch of the “HAART for children” campaign. Michael Zündel from … Continue reading
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A swell of voices to help children with HIV and TB
By Michelle Hough, communications officer for Caritas Internationalis If you think you’re too small to be effective, you’ve never been in bed with a mosquito, goes the saying. Representatives from UN agencies, drug companies and NGOs and faith-based organisations large … Continue reading
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Linking health and development challenges us all
By Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, Caritas Internationalis Head of Delegation at the UN in Geneva Read the full report The most recent “Substantive Session” of the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), held in Geneva, on 06 – … Continue reading
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Two women, two tales of HIV
By Michelle Hough, communications officer Thabang Society, Parys, South Africa Watch a film on the effects of AIDS in Swaziland and South Africa. Sarah* has the face of a young girl, but at the age of 29 she has already … Continue reading
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HIV in Swaziland: “I want to proceed with my dreams”
Watch a film about the effects of AIDS in Swaziland and South Africa. “I know what I want, sex can wait.” This was the message on posters at the National AIDS Council in Manzini, Swaziland. A mixture of awareness raising and … Continue reading
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Swaziland: Improving testing outreach
By Michelle Hough, communications officer Watch a film on the effects of AIDS in Swaziland and South Africa. “AIDS: Don’t die of ignorance” was just one of the public service announcements that the British Government used in the mid-1980s to … Continue reading
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