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The World Council of Churches has newly published a discussion document, Good News about HIV Treatment, Cure, and Healing: Conversations between Faith Leaders and communities in Nigeria.

The World Council of Churches (WCC) published a new Q&A on mpox and the role of faith communities. 

At a time when global crises risk diverting attention from critical health issues, the annual Communities of Faith Breakfast held on 26 September at the Yale Club of New York City alongside the United Nations General Assembly (UNGA), reaffirmed the need to prioritize children in the global fight against HIV. 

The annual Communities of Faith Breakfast will be held in New York City on 26 September with the theme “Building Partnerships to Sustain the HIV response Through 2030 and Beyond.”

To improve the understanding of young people’s unmet needs related to HIV as well as sexual and reproductive health, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is organizing multiple “Listening to young people” sessions.

Standing on a theological foundation that taking care of women is part of the mandate that God gave in the Bible, the World Council of Churches (WCC) is adapting public health messages in theological terms to advance cervical cancer elimination efforts. 

Gracia Violeta Ross, WCC programme executive for HIV, Reproductive Health, and Pandemics, will serve as a panelist during an informal World Health Organization-hosted meeting, “Together in Action: Turning Commitments into Reality—Mobilizing communities for increased demand toward cervical cancer elimination.”

In the busyness of AIDS 2024, the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich, Germany, people of faith met for a moment of silence, reflection, and prayer under the theme "Sustaining Hope for All: Remembering, Celebrating, and Praying for a Future without AIDS."

Faith communities’ crucial role in countering stigma, discrimination, and inequality was affirmed at the launch of a UNAIDS report, The Urgency of Now: AIDS at a Crossroads, in Munich on 22 July.

Ahead of the International AIDS Conference from 22-26 July at the Messe München in Germany, faith leaders, faith-based organizations, and faith actors gathered for a two-day interfaith pre-conference themed “Sustaining Hope for All – Through 2030 and Beyond."

A 50-person delegation from the World Council of Churches (WCC) and UNAIDS will offer input into the 25th International AIDS Conference in Munich. 

The 56th UN Human Rights Council, which concluded on 12 July, adopted 25 resolutions related to children, climate, health, and more. 

From calling for more government intervention, to stamping out stigma, to providing resources for children and mothers, religious leaders in Nigeria, accompanied by the World Council of Churches (WCC), are making strides in their response to HIV and AIDS.

The World Council of Churches (WCC), with the Christian Council of Nigeria, the Nigerian Network of Religious Leaders Living with HIV and the International Community of Women Living with HIV, on 10-18 June, will lead an array of workshops related to HIV response in Nigeria.