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An increasing number of organizations and programs are grappling with problems at the intersection of religion and development. On this site you have access to the latest...

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HIV/AIDS
The ferocity of the HIV/AIDS pandemic has drawn many religious leaders and groups—by insight, compassion, or the practical realities around them—to respond. Explore the...

AT THE CENTER

Homosexuality in China: An Emergent Social and Religious Controversy (Full Screen)

EVENTS (8)

Seminar of Faith Communities and HIV/AIDS
November 4, 2007

Rick Warren on Religious Freedom - A Conversation
February 12, 2013

Consultation on the Interim Findings of an Investigation into Faith and Tuberculosis
June 14, 2010

PUBLICATIONS (8)

Faith Communities Engage the HIV/AIDS Crisis: Lessons Learned and Paths Forward
October 1, 2007

Malaria: Scoping New Partnerships
January 9, 2009

Mind, Heart, and Soul in the Fight Against Poverty
November 30, 2003

INTERVIEWS (76)

A Discussion with Msgr. Robert Vitillo, Special Advisor on HIV/AIDS, Caritas Internationalis
May 28, 2008

A Discussion with Deborah Dortzbach, International Director for HIV/AIDS Programs, World Relief
April 5, 2007

A Discussion with Suhrob Khaitov, Center on Mental Health and HIV/AIDS - MHAIDS, Tajikistan
December 18, 2010

LETTERS (10)

The Struggle between Religion and HIV/AIDS in West Africa
November 7, 2011

The Catholic Church's Response to HIV/AIDS in Botswana
November 4, 2011

Katharine Davis on the Social Impacts of Religion in Tanzania
October 1, 2006

POSTS (23)

Nobel Prize for Hope
February 24, 2009

AIDS Wars
January 26, 2008

Sant'Egidio's 'Prayer for Peace'
November 20, 2007

RELATED RESOURCES: HIV/AIDS

Improving the Standard: Partnerships between UNAIDS and the Faith-Based Community
Publication

AIDS Education Through Imams: A Spiritually-Motivated Community Effort in Uganda
Publication

Partnership with Faith-Based Organizations: UNAIDS Strategic Framework
Publication

UNAIDS Guidance for Partnership with Civil Society, Including People Living with HIV and Key Populations
Publication

HIV/AIDS & Gender Equality: Transforming Attitudes and Behaviors
Publication

Conquering Slim: Uganda's War on HIV/AIDS
Publication

Strengthening Faith-based Responses to HIV/AIDS
Publication

Communities Responding to the HIV/AIDS Epidemic Initiative
Organization

South Asia Inter-Religious Council on HIV/AIDS
Organization

Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/AIDS
Organization

HIV/AIDS Situation in the Republic of Indonesia: Multisectoral Approaches In Combatting HIV/AIDS
Publication

Finding Global Balance: Common Grounds Between the Worlds of Development And Faith
Publication

AIDS and the African churches
Publication

Order of Service for the Holy Eucharist
Publication

Expanded Church Response (ECR) Trust
Publication

Planning our Responses to HIV/AIDS: A Step by Step Guide to HIV/AIDS Planning for the Anglican Communion
Publication

First Nationwide Faith-based Initiative to Fight Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV Launched in Kenya
Publication

Treating AIDS in Africa: A Challenge to the International Community
Publication

Report of a Workshop in Accra, Ghana arranged by Religious Bodies Forum of Ghana and World Faiths Development Dialogue
Publication

Final Declaration
Publication

The Way Forward for Churches and Health Services: Discussions and Decisions Following the Feedback of Research Results on Increasing Access to, and Understanding of, ARVs in Kenya
Publication

Faith-Based Reponses to HIV/AIDS in South Africa
Publication

Keep the Promise: A Call for Recommitment by Churches in Response to HIV & AIDS
Publication

Working Together to Confront the HIV/AIDS Crisis: New Partnerships in Variable Geometries
Publication

Faith in Action: Examining the Role of Faith-Based Organizations in Addressing HIV/AIDS
Publication

Strengthening Faith-based Responses to HIV/AIDS

November 30, 2001

In this factsheet, POLICY Project highlights its work with faith-based organizations fighting HIV/AIDS. Partnering with the (Anglican) Church Province of Southern Africa, POLICY works to incorporate new organizations into existing networks of FBOs fighting HIV/AIDS. Programs include technical assistance, small grants, mentoring, capacity development, awareness raising and training workshops, support for network formation and maintenance, and conferences. The factsheet describes examples of initiatives in Cambodia, Kenya, Nigeria, South Africa, Tanzania, and Uganda.