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Humor against AIDS
Every year on April Fools' Day Humour against AIDS is out on the streets in Denmark doing laughable, crazy and barrier-breaking events.
The Humor against AIDS campaign is a coalition between three Danish NGOs involved in international HIV/AIDS work, AIDS-Fondet , IBIS and DanChurchAid.
Articles about HIV and AIDS
Faith based organisations (FBOs) have a unique possibility and responsibility to address one of the most important drivers of the aids pandemic, namely gender inequality. View the position paper "Human Rights, HIV and AIDS prevention and Gender Equality", which has been co-signed by DanChurchAid's sister agencies: Christian Aid, Norwegian Church Aid, FinnChurchAid, ICCO, Brot fur die Welt and Kerk in Actie.
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In St. Petersburg, Humanitarian Action addresses the problem of increasing HIV infections, distributing syringes and condoms to those primarily driving the epidemic forward: injecting drug users. Read this report from Maj Kastanje in St. Petersburg, where she works as a trainee with DCA’s partner Humanitarian Action.
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Participants of the Second Eastern European and Central Asian AIDS Conference in Moscow have confirmed to each other that many positive developments have been taking place since the first conference was held in 2006.
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The HIV/AIDS situation in the Russian Federation is worsening, and the epidemic may spread, a new report from DanChurchAid concludes.
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According to a new report published by DanChurchAid, the number of AIDS orphans is projected to exceed 20 million worldwide by 2010. In 2005 that same figure was 15 million orphans. It is a tragedy of enormous dimensions and it puts a tremendous strain on the traditional family safety net and community structures.
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About 1% of the Cambodian population is infected with HIV or AIDS. Cambodia's women are the new high risk group of infection. They get infected by their husbands and are, apart from the health risks, also in high risk of ending up in extreme poverty. HIV is still a stigmatizing disease in Cambodia although; however, it has changed a lot after several HIV and AIDS awareness campaigns throughout the country.
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The pagodas of Cambodia have allied themselves with organisations fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS; Their monks are now teaching prevention and awareness to people all over the country.
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According to a new report by UNAIDS, the Number of HIV positive in the world is not as high as earlier assumed. DanChurchAid is pleased with the news, but points out that the fight against AIDS is far from over.
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1,6% of the population of Cambodia is living with HIV/AIDS. DanChurchAid works with HIV/AIDS awareness, prevention, care and support in the rural communities.
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Religion and faith plays an important role for an effective response to HIV and AIDS, but joint efforts sensitive to religion between faith-based organisation and governmental and civil society organisations have proven difficult. Now a new comprehensive book can help overcome the obstacles and bring new and more effective partnerships to life.
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New report: The Fight against AIDS is the Fight for Better Health Service. Lack of Health Care Workers and well functioning Health Care Systems are some of the biggest obstacles in stopping the spread of HIV and AIDS.
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DanChurchAid has just published a new folder about its work in the fight against AIDS. It presents the many different ways in which the disease can and have to be fought, and it is rich on examples of projects that in different ways fight the disease, its causes and help stop the spread of the infection.
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DCA partner Circles of Hope in Zambia is working to improve awareness of HIV/AIDS, to encourage people to attend counseling and testing, they fight against stigmatization by openly declaring their status. They encourage positive living and try some income generating activities to help the affected families.
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Almost 40 million people worldwide are living with HIV, and every day more people are added to the list. One of the biggest obstacles is the severe lack of nurses and bad healthcare systems.
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As of today approximately 65 million people have been infected with HIV and more than 25 million have died because of AIDS.
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Poor people are at higher risk of HIV infection. Poverty increases the vulnerability to the disease and it makes the already poor poorer. These are some of the conclusions in a new report done by one of DanChurchAid’s partners in Zambia.
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To mark World AIDS Day (December 1), the Sudan Council of Churches (SCC), a local partner of ACT-Caritas, has organized three days of events in Nyala town, the capital of South Darfur state.
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World AIDS Day, 1 December is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. DanChurchAid marks World AIDS Day by focusing on the AIDS pandemic, the young people and the role of the church in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
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There will be a special tax on all flights from a number of destinations this year. The returns from the taxes are to support the fight against tuberculoses, malaria and HIV/AIDS all over the world. These three diseases kill millions of people each year, and are a great hindrance for development in poor countries.
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Young women and girls often bear the economic and social burden of alleviating the effects of HIV/AIDS.
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HIV/AIDS articles
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