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  Faith in the community

  Religious faith is important to many Africans in the UK. Kerri Wells looks at the role religion plays in the lives of HIV-positive African people and the...

  From:  HIV treatment update

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• Some barriers to adherence for black African people in London are culturally specific

  Qualitative research suggests that some of the barriers to antiretroviral adherence for black African and black Caribbean people are culturally specific, while other barriers common to many other people with HIV – such as stigma – play out in ...

  23 April 2013 | Roger Pebody

• Religious beliefs don't deter HIV testing or use of antiretrovirals among Africans in London

  Religious beliefs do not prevent black Africans living in London from accessing HIV testing or starting antiretroviral therapy, according to a study published in HIV Medicine. The research involved 246 patients who were diagnosed with HIV between 2004 and 2006. ...

  15 August 2012 | Michael Carter

• Why Zambians don't test and treat

  A study amongst 2443 people in Zambia, recruited from HIV clinics and community organisations, found that social ostracism, rejection by sexual partners and fear of not being able to handle antiretroviral therapy (ART) were the reasons people most often ...

  26 July 2012 | Gus Cairns

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• Rabbi okays HIV-positive organ donation

  n halachic precedent, Israel's former Chief Rabbi Eliyahu Bakshi-Doron rules life-saving organ donation can be received from HIV-positive patient, even if recipient may be infected with disease

  07 May 2013 | Ynetnews

• New York: Sex education banned in public school buildings owned by Catholic Church

  A longstanding yet little-known agreement between church and city officials says that students at the dozens of city schools that lease church-owned buildings must head off campus for sex education.

  08 April 2013 | New York Daily News

• Good News on AIDS in Africa: Deaths are down, and the heroes of the story aren’t who you think.

  As a single class of people, local religious leaders sit at the very top of our list of who should receive credit for the behavior changes that have curbed the spread of HIV in Africa.

  28 March 2013 | Slate

• Kenya condom advert pulled after religious complaints

  A TV advertisement promoting condom use in Kenya has been withdrawn after an outcry by religious leaders, health official Peter Cherutich has said. Christian and Muslim clerics said the advert encouraged infidelity, rather than safe sex to curb HIV/Aids.

  21 March 2013 | BBC

• U.N. body agrees on women's rights policy, skirting sexual politics

  A U.N. policy-making body agreed upon a declaration Friday urging an end to violence against women and girls despite concerns from conservative Muslim countries and the Vatican about references to women's sexual and reproductive rights.

  17 March 2013 | Reuters

• Pope Francis' View on Contraception Could Impact AIDS Work

  Catholic organizations around the world are still digesting how the selection of Jorge Bergoglio of Argentina, now Pope Francis , might impact their work, and that includes disease-prevention efforts.

  15 March 2013 | ABC News

• Over 2,000 People Have Stopped HIV Meds for Prayer in Ghana

  A total of 2,248 people with HIV/AIDS on antiretroviral treatment in Ghana have stopped taking their medications to seek help at prayer camps and from traditional healers.

  15 March 2013 | Poz magazine news

• In the Arab world, women aren't supposed to talk about sex - let alone enjoy it. But that might be changing.

  Politics, religion and sex are the three “red lines” of the Arab world: subjects you’re not supposed to tackle in word or deed. But just as people in countries across the region are busy contesting received wisdoms in politics, and are starting to challenge of the role of religion in public policy, I hope they will start asking them same hard questions of sexual life.

  11 March 2013 | The Independent

• UN must not backtrack on women's reproductive rights

  Head of UN development programme sounds warning as Malta, Russia and Vatican try to remove references to sexual and reproductive rights.

  08 March 2013 | The Guardian

• Ghana: Stop Mandatory HIV Test

  The Ghana AIDS Commission has advised pastors who ask their members to undergo a mandatory HIV test before they bless their marriages to stop the practice.

  01 March 2013 | AllAfrica.com

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