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HIV and AIDS

At the CAFOD-funded St Francis Home-Based Care programme in Livingstone, Zambia, volunteers are trained to care for those with HIV [Annie Bungeroth]

All around the developing world, CAFOD is fighting back against HIV and AIDS. Given the scale and urgency of the problem, this is one of CAFOD's four top priority areas of work

HIV and AIDS form one of the biggest threats, not just to health, but to human development, on our planet.

Economies are being crippled as adults are cut down in their prime, plunging families into poverty and emptying workplaces.

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Around 95% of people with HIV and AIDS live in developing countries. The epidemic reverses development, as poverty increases while access to education, jobs, and healthcare goes down.

CAFOD works through its partners in three key ways:

Care: Supporting people and communities living with HIV
Prevention: Reducing the spread and impact of HIV
Advocacy: Defending the rights and dignity of people with the virus, and fighting injustices that can lead to infection

In addition, CAFOD considers carefully how HIV and AIDS could impact on any of its programmes, right across its work.

Monica and Morrison are recieving help from CAFOD's programme in Zimbabwe.

Getting through difficult times

When Monica fell pregnant, she was worried the child would be HIV positive. But thanks to the help of CAFOD's partner in Zimbabwe, her daughter was born healthy

Children play near newly constructed shelters in Mershing camp, Darfur [Alistair Dutton]

Youths fight against HIV

In Nyala, the principal town in south Darfur, some youths have chosen to fight. But they have taken up arms against a very different opponent to that of other armed groups– they are fighting against HIV/AIDS

Robina Ssentongo works at the Kitovu Mobile Home Care unit, bringing practical and emotional support to those living with HIV [Annie Bungeroth]

Ugandan HIV partner visits UK

CAFOD supporters heard from the front line of the fight against HIV and AIDS when partner Robina Ssentongo from Uganda visited livesimply audiences

The CAFOD-funded National Federation of Fishworkers organises fishermen to defend their rights [Nithila Mariampillai/HUDEC]

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Published on 27/11/2007, last updated on 25/02/2008

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