Raising HIV/AIDS Awareness
Resources for learning more about HIV/AIDS
The number of people living with HIV globally has reached its highest level with an estimated 40.3 million people in 2005, up from an estimated 37.5 million in 2003. More than three million people died of AIDS-related illnesses in 2005; of these, more than 500,000 were children.
Websites:
The Joint United Nations Programme on AIDS
UNIFEM gender and AIDS Web Portal
Ecumenical Women 2000+
Centre for the Study of AIDS (South Africa) – Religion and HIV
www.csa.za.org/article/articleview/188/1/1
Video and Discussion Study:
Christian World Service has launched a new video and DVD study: Listen, Learn & Live, examining the work of CWS partner, Church of Uganda, and its response to HIV/AIDS. Order by calling: Free phone within New Zealand: 0800 74 73 72.
ASSOCIATION OF PRESBYTERIAN WOMEN