Religion and faith

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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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• 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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• 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  A TV advertisement promoting condom use in Kenya has been withdrawn after an outcry by religious leaders, health official Peter Cherutich has said.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.

  8 hours ago | 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

• Does Muslim religion have an impact on HIV transmission?

  A recent paper in the American Sociological Review – Adamczyk & Hayes  – seeks to demonstrate that the predominance of the Muslim religion in a country may have a macro-level, cultural impact on the sexual behaviour (pre- and extra-marital sex) of its residents.

  08 November 2012 | BMJ Group blogs

• HIV and Islam conference

  The first ever HIV and Islam conference is to be held in Malaysia, 19 to 21 November.

  02 November 2012 | International HIV/AIDS Alliance

• Malaysian mosque halts facility for drug addicts

  The first mosque with a methadone clinic is closing its service to addicts, a decision drawing mixed reactions from the community.

  17 October 2012 | Khabar Southeast Asia

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