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Church statement on access to medication

4 June 2013 – The Holy See representative to the UN in Geneva has called for an integral human development approach to tackle the many realities that prevent millions of people worldwide from accessing the medication they need… Read more

Chad: Mothers and fathers talk to their children

4 June 2013 – Mothers and fathers talk to their children is an innovative program aiming at transmitting social skills from adults to youth in N’Djaména implemented by St Mathias Mulumba Parish and Loyola Youth Centre… Read more

Kenya: Facing the world with HIV and AIDS

4 June 2013 – When Joylin’s sister came to ask for a chance for her in our school, the Beausang Catholic Education Centre, some years ago, she did something that many people feared doing then. She disclosed her sister’s HIV-positive status… Read more

Burundi: Jesuit project director delivers NGO address to UNAIDS chief

4 June 2013 – The director of Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), an AIDS project run by the Jesuits in Burundi, has called on UNAIDS to step up advocacy for universal access to treatment. Fr Désiré Yamuremye SJ was addressing UNAIDS chief Michel Sidibé on behalf of civil society representatives… Read

Burundi: Working from the heart

4 May 2013 – Elizabeth was diagnosed with HIV 11 years ago. Her job is to help others live positively with the same virus that infected her, especially by following their antiretroviral treatment (ART) correctly… Read more

Kenya: Changing the reality of AIDS in Africa

4 May 2013 – Kevin Kelly SJ writes: I am so encouraged each time I work with the women of Mirror of Hope and see their self-esteem, pride and commitment grow week after week… Read more

Kenya: Encounters that made me more human

4 May 2013 – After more than eight years of devoted service, Br Alain Ragueneau is no longer a permanent staff member of the Uzima program for people with HIV in Kangemi, a poor suburb of Nairobi. He shares with us snippets from his journal entries and other writings over

Testing AJAN’s youth program – AHAPPY

2 April 2013 – Why is it that all of us are beloved creatures of God and yet seem so different, with some so wealthy and others comparably so poor? If God loves us, it appears He does so partially. This question was raised by Loice, a form-two student of

AJAN moves towards regional advocacy

2 April 2013 – Seventeen Jesuits and colleagues involved in AIDS ministry came together from 10 sub-Saharan African countries for the AJAN advocacy meeting that was held from 2 to 5 March at the Emmaus Spiritual Centre in Bujumbura, Burundi… Read more