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Church delivers one quarter of worldwide care on HIV

15/08/2011 Advocacy, Austria, Europe, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

“About a quarter of help provided worldwide for persons living with HIV infection is delivered by faith-based organisations“, said Msgr. Robert Vitillo. Last week, the leading AIDS-expert of Caritas Internationalis, delivered a speech to Austrian journalists and church representatives in the run-up to the 18th International AIDS Conference that will take place from July 18th ...

Keep up AIDS funding in economic crisis

2/08/2011 Advocacy, Blog, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

Msgr Robert Vitillo, Caritas’ special advisor on HIV and AIDS talks to the UN’s Non-Governmental Liaison Committee. NGLS: CARITAS Internationalis has been engaged in the response to HIV and AIDS since the late 1980s. What have been some of the major difficulties your organization has encountered over the years in this regard? Where has the ...

HAART for Children campaign on HIV and AIDS

7/07/2011 Advocacy, Austria, Europe, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

Children are the focus of one of Caritas Internationalis’ major campaigns: HAART for Children. HAART stands for Highly Active Anti- Retroviral Therapy. Caritas Internationalis presses governments and pharmaceutical companies to develop “child-friendly” forms of medicines and testing. Caritas Australia directly asked the pharmaceutical giant Roche to do its part in facilitating access to medication to ...

HIV and AIDS

7/07/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Health, HIV & AIDS, Zimbabwe by Caritas Communications

It makes Aslali the perfect spot for an outreach health centre for counselling and testing for HIV: in its ﬁrst month alone, 50 truckers came for ward. As word spreads, the project aims for 6,000 a year. The centre is a pioneering private-public partnership supported by Caritas India, and is part of its creative work around HIV/AIDS.

Promoting Action: Caritas HAART for Children Campaign

9/06/2011 Advocacy, Development, Health, High-Level Meetings and Events, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

By Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, Head of Delegation to the UN in Geneva and Special Advisor on HIV/AIDS for Caritas Internationalis Let’s begin with the good news – of a child who gained access to anti-retroviral treatment (ART) at the Village of Hope, a programme in Tanzania that is assisted by the Vatican’s Bambino ...

Looking back and moving forward on HIV and AIDS

9/06/2011 Blog, Development, Health, High-Level Meetings and Events, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

By Rev. Msgr. Robert J. Vitillo, Caritas Internationalis, at the High Level Meeting on AIDS, UN Headquarters It was not so difficult to wake up early in New York City since the streets there live up to their reputation of “never sleeping” – so I found myself out of my hotel and waiting outside the ...

Caritas co-sponsored event at UN HIV meeting

8/06/2011 Advocacy, Development, Health, High-Level Meetings and Events, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis General Secretariat and Caritas member representatives are attending the United Nations General Assembly High Level Meeting on HIV in New York this week, where they will be part of the launch a policy paper on the need for maintaining funding to tackle the pandemic in the wake the financial crisis. The meeting, which ...

Highlights of HAART for children campaign

7/03/2011 Advocacy, Health, HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis by Caritas Communications

The following Caritas initiatives, undertaken since 2009, have aimed at increasing access to testing and treatment for children and mothers with HIV and TB: Advocating with pharmaceutical companies for better testing and treatment. Encouraging the international community to prioritise maternal and infant care, especially for those living with HIV. Organising a conference on paediatric HIV ...

Update on HAART for Children Campaign

7/03/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Health, HIV & AIDS, South Africa by Caritas Communications

Caritas says mothers living with HIV in poor countries face anguish. Caritas says the risks to the health of their children are massive and their lives may be painfully short. And yet, the suffering and deaths of these children are preventable. “Children and women need access to timely diagnosis of HIV and TB and to ...

Caritas response to Pope on condoms and HIV and AIDS

3/12/2010 Catholic Teaching, Health, HIV & AIDS, Messages from Rome by Caritas Communications

Why should Caritas and other Catholic Church organizations be encouraged by these comments of Pope Benedict XVI? Comment by Pope Benedict XVI: “the Church does more than anyone else. And I stand by that claim. Because she is the only institution that assists people up close and concretely, with prevention, education, help, counsel, and accompaniment.” Talking ...