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Eliminating New HIV Infections in Children: Report Assesses Catholic Organizations’ Engagement with Global Plan

24/07/2012 Health, HIV & AIDS, News, Press Release by Caritas Communications

Washington, DC—A report assessing the engagement of Catholic organizations in The Global Plan towards Elimination of New HIV Infections in Children by 2015 and Keeping their Mothers Alive will be released to media at a press conference on Wednesday, July 25, at 3:00 pm. The study will also be presented that evening at 6:00 pm in the ...

HIV survivor: Catholic centres ‘won’t turn us away’

23/07/2012 Advocacy, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

By Monsignor Bob Vitillo “When I discovered I was HIV-positive, I was shocked and asked, ‘Why has God allowed this virus to maim and kill people? Does He still live in me? How?’” Spoken by a person living with HIV, these are words that caregivers in Catholic Church-inspired organizations have to face wherever we work. ...

Compassion and Care for Nepal’s HIV patients

19/07/2012 Advocacy, Asia, Health, HIV & AIDS, Nepal by Caritas Communications

“My husband was getting sick a lot. He had tests—we went to different hospitals.” In the early 2000s, Manjula*, a woman raised in India but living in Nepal, was concerned that both her husband and small daughter were so often ill. “Then we went to a shaman. He said my husband got sick because he ...

Faith Perspectives and AIDS

11/07/2012 Blog, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

By Monsignor Bob Vitillo How does our faith anchor and propel the Catholic Church’s response to people living with HIV? In addition to providing the best care, HIV programs implemented by Catholic organizations must also be sources of compassion and strength. Science and technology are vital to health care, but pastoral accompaniment can make a ...

Pope meets with UNAIDS chief

12/04/2012 Blog, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

Executive Director of UNAIDS Michel Sidibé was in Rome yesterday for meetings with Pope Benedict XVI, Holy See officials and Caritas Internationalis representatives. Sidibé asked Pope Benedict for his support in keeping children free from HIV. He said it’s an achievable goal and one which can be reached by 2015. “Millions of people around the ...

Ten things you might not know about tuberculosis and children

23/03/2012 Advocacy, Health, HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis by Caritas Communications

Caritas calls on governments and pharmaceutical companies to develop “child-friendly” forms of medicines to fight both HIV and tuberculosis.

Caritas World AIDS Day message on right to health for mothers and children

30/11/2011 Advocacy, Health, HIV & AIDS, Tuberculosis by Caritas Communications

On World AIDS Day 2011, Caritas Internationalis says it is unjust that more than 800 children are dying each day of AIDS-related diseases. Such deaths continue to occur because these children have no access to early diagnosis of HIV or to child-friendly medicines to treat infection with this virus.

Reducing 9 out of 10 HIV infections in children

17/10/2011 Advocacy, Africa, Health, HIV & AIDS by Caritas Communications

Caritas Internationalis and its HAART for Children campaign is playing a key role in the UNAIDS “Global Plan Towards The Elimination Of New HIV Infections Among Children By 2015 And Keeping Their Mothers Alive”. HAART is an acronym for “High Active Anti-Retroviral Treatment”. In 2009, Caritas Internationalis launched its “HAART for Children Campaign” in order ...

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 ...

Philippines’ Catholic AIDS network

15/08/2011 Advocacy, Asia, Health, HIV & AIDS, Philippines by Caritas Communications

For a long time, the Philippines was considered to have a relatively low AIDS rate, but in recent years this has started to change. Nowadays HIV in the Philippines is described as “hidden and growing”. At a recent forum in Tagaytay, the Philippines’ first Catholic HIV/AIDS network was launched. Caritas Internationalis’ special advisor on HIV ...