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Reporter's Notebook: Morocco Battles HIV, Stigma Through Mosques

The NewsHour's global health unit went to Morocco to see the state of AIDS prevention in the country, and look at how people who are already HIV positive are treated.

Published
21 December 2011
From
PBS NewsHour
Bad science and bogus treatments
UK: 'HIV Healing' Church Will Not Be Punished

A church that Sky News exposed as claiming to offer HIV healings will keep its charitable status.

Published
06 December 2011
From
Sky News
Experiences of stigma
Italian broadcaster RAI Bans “Condom” on AIDS Day

In 2011, the word “condom” is still taboo in Italy, at least for the state broadcaster RAI and the ministry of health. The word cannot be uttered, even on World AIDS Day.

Published
05 December 2011
From
Corriere Della Sera
Religion and faith
Islamic women and HIV

Women play an active role in the community when it comes to socio-economic development but still they face inequality. Kenya, like most African communities, is a patriarchal society and a woman’s place is relegated to the home.

Published
01 December 2011
From
Key Correspondents
Experiences of stigma
Anti-Gay Sentiment Flares in Ethiopia as Addis Ababa Preps for AIDS Conference

Ethiopia's religious leaders have abruptly canceled a news conference called to denounce a planned meeting of gay rights activists on the fringes of an international meeting on AIDS. Ethiopia's attitude toward homosexuality is shaping up as a potential flash point as some of the world's leading experts gather to discuss trends in AIDS treatment and prevention.

Published
30 November 2011
From
Voice of America
Bad science and bogus treatments
UK: Church Tells HIV Patients To Stop Treatment

Sky sent three undercover reporters to the Synagogue Church of All Nations (SCOAN), which is based in Southwark, south London. All of them told the pastors they were HIV positive - all were told they could be healed.

Published
25 November 2011
From
Sky News (video)
Religion and faith
The pope is still sidestepping the issue of contraception and Aids

It is remarkable that the pope persists in prescribing a response to Aids in Africa that makes no mention of contraception.

Published
23 November 2011
From
The Guardian
Religion and faith
Buddhism plays role in China's battle against AIDS

HIV/AIDS patients in the region have benefited from a local program in which Buddhist monks have been mobilized to provide care for patients and promote knowledge of the disease in order to curb new infections.

Published
21 November 2011
From
Xinhua
Religion and faith
Pope's Africa roadmap says AIDS mainly an ethical problem

Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday signed off on an African roadmap for the Roman Catholic Church that calls for good governance and denounces abuses, while labelling AIDS a mainly ethical problem.

Published
19 November 2011
From
Daily Nation
Human rights
Ugandan Health Officials Claim Human Rights Groups Are “Spoiling Our Response to HIV/AIDS”

Health Minister Christin Ondoa is also a pastor at Life Line Ministries, where she works under the direction of apostle Julius Peter Oyet. He is one of the most influential evangelical leaders in Uganda you’ve never heard of.

Published
16 November 2011
From
Box Turtle Bulletin
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