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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...

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• ‘Gay cure’ therapist loses appeal against the British Association of Counselling and Psychotherapy

  Lesley Pilkington, a psychotherapist who was found guilty of ‘professional malpractice’ for using the techniques of ‘conversion therapy’ (a bogus form of treatment which is supposed to make gay people become straight) has lost her appeal against the British Association for Counselling and Psychotherapy (BACP). Mrs Pilkington was found guilty of malpractice last year after trying to convert a gay client to heterosexuality, with the BACP describing her practice as ‘negligent’, ‘dogmatic’ and ‘unprofessional’.

  1 hour ago | British Humanist Association

• Zambia: ‘HIV healer’ claims lands Lusaka pastor in trouble

  KC Dennis Chibuye from the Treatment Advocacy and Literacy Campaign (TALC) on why he went undercover to investigate a pastor claiming to be able to heal people of HIV.

  18 May 2012 | Key Correspondents

• Clergy can fight HIV on faith-friendly terms

  In the United States, where blacks bear a disproportionate burden of the HIV/AIDS epidemic, black religious institutions could help turn the tide. In a new study based on dozens of interviews and focus groups with 38 of Philadelphia's most influential black religious leaders, physicians and public health researchers find that traditional barriers to preaching about HIV prevention could give way to faith-friendly messages about getting tested and staying on treatment.

  18 May 2012 | Science Daily

• First Religious Leader With HIV Speaks Out in Zimbabwe

  For several years, the Reverend Maxwell Kapachawo has been the only religious leader in Zimbabwe to openly speak about his HIV status, All Africa reports.

  26 April 2012 | Poz magazine news

• Jamaica - Church opposes gay stigma on HIV/AIDS advocacy

  REPRESENTATIVES OF UNAIDS are faced with the dilemma of how to enlist the support of local faith-based organisations (FBOs) in the HIV/AIDS prevention campaign without violating the institutions' doctrinal principles. 

  08 April 2012 | Jamaica Gleaner

• Churches in Africa becoming 'HIV competent'

  The Ecumenical HIV and AIDS Initiative in Africa (EHAIA) has recently documented the impact it has achieved since 2002.

  07 March 2012 | Christian Today

• Ethiopians Trade Holy Water for AIDS Drugs

  Many HIV-Positive Residents Come to Squatter's Camp for Traditional Cure, Stay for Antiretrovirals, as Death Toll Declines

  06 March 2012 | Wall Street Journal

• Bryan Fischer Of American Family Association: God Will Cure AIDS If Gays Stop Having Sex, Doing Drugs

  Bryan Fischer is at it again. The right-wing Christian extremist, who has previously endorsed the idea that HIV is not the caise of AIDS , is now suggesting that the disease can be cured -- if the victim stops doing drugs and having sex.

  19 January 2012 | Huffington Post

• Liberia: New Approach Developed to Intensify Fight Against HIV/Aids

  Heritage (Monrovia)-The Lutheran Church in Liberia (LCL) HIV&AIDS Program has developed a new approach to intensity its fight against the threatening pandemic HIV&AIDS in Liberia. The strategy referred to as "Congregational Response," is a mechanism aimed at engaging and empowering parishes within the Lutheran Church in the country. The strategy will also buttress relevant institutions involved in the fight against HIV/AIDS to reach the targeted audience.

  12 January 2012 | AllAfrica

• Religious leaders battle African homophobia

  Facing bombs and bigotry, a growing band of clerics stands up for gay rights

  03 January 2012 | Salon

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