HIV & AIDS

New Year Message Urges Recognition of Human Vulnerability

Reformation Day Calls Churches to “Freedom for Service”

Lutheran church leaders and AIDS coordinators receive training

Involvement of men and boys crucial, Lutheran church leaders told

Support to AIDS patients and local community

Getting to zero infections needs new HIV and AIDS competence

Medan Center gives new lease on life to HIV infected

Theology and mission must include AIDS, says South African bishop

Fighting the spread of HIV with love and tolerance

Commitment to raising awareness and reducing stigma

Call to Include AIDS Subject in Seminary Curriculum

Lutherans revitalize HIV and AIDS campaign

Report from LWF consultation on contemporary Lutheran hermeneutics

Voices from the Communion | LWF Staff

Meet “LWF together” groups | The Nicaraguan Lutheran Church of Faith and Hope

Council authorizes amendments on substantive issues

Indonesian churches work to improve livelihoods

On World AIDS Day, the LWF urges renewed commitment to action

An issue for the Lutheran communion

Eleventh Assembly public hearing guests speak about ways Lutheran churches could respond to the HIV pandemic more effectively.

Liturgy and online Advent calendar available

(DE) Tief berührt von der öffentlichen Anhörung zum Thema “HIV und AIDS” haben sich die Delegierten bei der Elften Vollversammlung des Lutherischen Weltbundes gezeigt.

On 1 December 2009, the Lutheran communion is called to join others worldwide in keeping the promise to stop AIDS. World AIDS Day 2009 is putting the spotlight on HIV and human rights, in particular the right to universal access to prevention, treatment and care. World AIDS Day is a reminder that HIV has not yet been defeated.

AIDS Desk coordinator Veikko Munyika looks back on Lutheran contributions to the global fight against AIDS over the past 20 years and identifies growth areas for the Lutheran communion.

The yearly rains have drawn to a close in the Amhara region of northwestern Ethiopia, but Yenequsneshe Kassahun of Bahir Dar is dependent no longer on the passing of seasons to have a dry home. After losing her husband to AIDS, Kassahun struggled to provide for her daughter Selam Fetena. Without a steady source of [...]

The AIDS Project Support Fund (APSF) was set up by the LWF’s Department for Mission and Development to help LWF member churches take first steps in starting an AIDS ministry. Organizing a workshop, drafting an AIDS policy document, training trainers: these are some examples of small-scale projects which may qualify for support.

Compassion, Conversion, Care – as a campaign motto an inspiring call to action, but how does this translate into daily life? How can individuals and local churches go about preventing HIV, providing treatment, supporting persons living with HIV and AIDS, and building inclusive communities? The LWF handbook for HIV and AIDS work, Grace, Care and [...]

LWF Promotes Extensive HIV and AIDS Prevention Program to Contain Epidemic in Odessa HIV and AIDS have reached an epidemic status in Ukraine. The second largest country in Europe has the highest HIV infection rate on the whole continent and it is spreading at a rapid pace.

Interview with Dr Vitali Nowoswitnij, director of the Odessa City Center for HIV and AIDS Prevention and Control (Ukraine) Odessa has one of the highest HIV infection rates in the whole of Europe. Why is that? Odessa was the first city in the Soviet Union where a person was discovered to have HIV. That was [...]

The midday heat hangs heavily in the seminar room of the Bavarian House Odessa (BHO) in Ukraine, but Vitali Gorbunow grips the attention of his audience—25 men and women. As he strides across the room, the psychologist trainer gestures with his hands and feet, looks directly at each participant sitting in the circle, and wipes [...]