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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."

Im Vorfeld der Welt-AIDS-Konferenz, die vom 22.–26. Juli auf dem Gelände der Messe München stattfindet, haben sich religiöse Autoritäten und aus dem Glauben handelnde Organisationen und Akteure zu einer zweitägigen interkonfessionellen Vorbereitungskonferenz mit dem Thema „Sustaining Hope for All – Through 2030 and Beyond“ („Die Hoffnung nicht aufgeben – bis 2030 und darüber hinaus“) versammelt.

Dans la perspective de la Conférence internationale sur le SIDA qui se déroule du 22 au 26 juillet à Messe München, à Munich, en Allemagne, des responsables religieux, des organisations d’inspiration religieuse et des acteurs religieux se sont réuni-e-s dans le cadre d’une préconférence interreligieuse de deux jours intitulée «Préserver l’espérance pour toutes et tous pour 2030 et au-delà».

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. 

The World Council of Churches (WCC) welcomed its first visitor,  as part of the WCC Visitors programme,  in the new WCC headquarters—Dr Sigurdur Hafthorsson, theological secretary and ecumenical officer from the Church of Sweden. 

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.

During a week of music, lectures, and dialogue, the World Council of Churches (WCC) played key roles in the Barbados Gospelfest which ran from 26 May to 2 June. Started in 1993, through the then-ministry of tourism in Barbados, the Barbados Gospelfest has evolved over the past 30 years as one of the Caribbean’s premiere gospel music festivals.

An ecumenical delegation led by the World Council of Churches (WCC) participated in the 77th World Health Assembly in Geneva from 27 May-1 June under the theme “All for Health, Health for All.”