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Burundi : Visites du directeur exécutif de l’ONUSIDA

Le directeur du Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), un projet contre le SIDA géré par les Jésuites au Burundi, a appelé l’ONUSIDA et autres partenaires à mener un plaidoyer efficace pour l’accès universel aux traitements et pour l’amélioration de la gestion du Fonds mondial, afin que les services soient plus facilement

Church statement on access to medication

The Holy See representative to the UN in Geneva has called for an integral human development approach to tackle the realities that prevent millions of people worldwide from accessing the medication they need. In a statement issued on 27 May, in response to a report by the UN Special Rapporteur

AJANews 119 – May 2013

Burundi: UNAIDS chief visits – The director of Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), an AIDS project run by the Jesuits in Burundi, has called on UNAIDS and other partners to step up advocacy for universal access to treatment and for better management of the Global Fund, so that services will be

Chad: Mothers and fathers talk to their children

Fr Jacquineau Azetsop SJ Mothers and fathers talk to their children is an innovative program aiming at transmitting social skills from adults to youth in N’Djaména that is implemented by St Mathias Mulumba Parish and Loyola Youth Centre. Why launch such a program? In traditional society, well-chosen individuals (aunts, uncles

Kenya: Facing the world with HIV and AIDS

Johnfisher M. Ondigo Some years ago, when Joyline’s sister came to ask for a chance for her in our school, the Beausang Catholic Education Centre, she did something many people feared doing then. She disclosed her sister’s HIV-positive status. It was not even in our school’s policy that this should

Burundi: Jesuit project director delivers NGO address to UNAIDS chief

The director of Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM), an AIDS project run by the Jesuits in Burundi, has urged UNAIDS and other partners to step up advocacy for universal access to treatment and for better management of the Global Fund, so that services will be more easily available to those who

AJANews 118 – April 2013

Working from the heart – 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. Meeting Elizabeth at her workplace, Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura, it quickly becomes

Kenya: Encounters that made me more human

30 April 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

Kenya: Changing the reality of AIDS in Africa

30 April 2013 – Kevin Kelly, a Jesuit novice from Canada, left AJAN House in April after a four-month placement. Just before leaving, he reflected on lessons learned… “When you have a great and difficult task, something perhaps almost impossible, if you only work a little at a time, every

Burundi: Working from the heart

30 April 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. Meeting Elizabeth at her workplace, Service Yezu Mwiza (SYM) in Bujumbura, it quickly becomes clear

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