Health Archives

Caritas at World Health Assembly

22/05/2018 Health, Meetings & Events by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas presented successful good practices on the sidelines of teh World health Assembly, namely the success stories of joint efforts in tackling the 1991 cholera emergency in Peru or the collaboration with WHO and other experts to respond to the 2014 Ebola outbreak in Sierra Leone, Guinea and Liberia.

Concern over new Ebola outbreak in Congo

18/05/2018 Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Congo, Democratic Republic of, Emergencies, Health by Patrick Nicholson

Caritas is extremely concerned and actively responding to the latest Ebola outbreak in the Democratic Republic of Congo amid fears that it could escalate into an epidemic.

Bad news for Burundian refugees in Rwanda as funds dry up

7/05/2018 Africa, Burundi, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas lacks money to keep feeding Burundian refugees in Rwanda, even the elderly, new mothers and the sick.

Progress for HIV-positive Children

1/12/2017 Health, HIV & AIDS by Patrick Nicholson

There has been considerable improvement in the care and treatment of children living with HIV. However, Caritas is concerned that progress is slowing down. Antiretroviral therapy (ART) consists of antiretroviral (ARV) drugs to suppress HIV. ART also prevents onward transmission. Huge reductions have been seen in rates of death and infections when ART is used. ...

Strengthening faith-based work on children with HIV in Africa

13/06/2017 Health, HIV & AIDS, Nigeria by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas Internationalis is joining hands with UNAIDS, PEPFAR and Caritas Nigeria in supporting a regional consultation on the theme “Early Diagnosis and Treatment for HIV-positive Children: Strengthening Engagement of Faith-Based Organisations”. Visit the consultation website There will be 200 participants and experts from all parts of the world, coming together in Abuja, Nigeria on 14-16 ...

Caritas India on Mother Teresa’s canonisation

1/09/2016 Asia, Development, Health, India by Caritas Internationalis

Mother Teresa will be canonized on 4 September in Rome. Caritas India reflects on her compassionate and loving service to humanity

Hospitals run out of supplies in Venezuela

2/06/2016 Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Health, Latin America, Venezuela by Caritas Internationalis

Without a functioning healthcare system to help stave off the spread of disease in Venezuela it is falling to organisations like Caritas to pick up the slack.

Ebola response shows vital role of religious leaders

24/05/2016 Advocacy, Africa, Conflicts and Disasters, Emergencies, Health, Sierra Leone by Caritas Internationalis

The World Humanitarian Summit in Istanbul hears how faith-based organisations and religious leaders were key to ending the Ebola epidemic in West Africa.

Caritas, UNAIDS, PEPFAR and faith organisations make roadmap to end child HIV infection

15/04/2016 Advocacy, Europe, Health, HIV & AIDS, Italy, News, Press Release by Caritas Internationalis

Caritas and faith-based organisations (FBOs), launched a roadmap this week detailing what needs to be done by 2020 to prevent more children dying from AIDS-related illnesses.

A roadmap for the future of children with HIV

11/04/2016 Advocacy, Blog, Development, Europe, Health, HIV & AIDS, Italy, SDG by Robert Vitillo

Massive progress has been made in relation to diagnosis and treatment of HIV, the virus that causes AIDS, since the early 1980s. In 2015, UNAIDS announced we reached the milestone of getting 15 million people on anti-retroviral treatment.