http://www.cmf.org.uk/index/aids.htm Latest AIDS related content from Christian Medical Fellowship en-gb webmaster@cmf.org.uk (CMF Webmaster) 60 http://www.cmf.org.uk/news/?id=111 We are pleased to announce that Dr Geoff Foster, a Paediatrician in Zimbabwe, was selected from a number of other highly regarded and most worthy nominations to be the winner of the 2008 Dignity and Right to Health Award. A paediatrician in Zimbabwe, Geoff recognised in 1987 that HIV was a devastating and exploding epidemic when he saw, within a few weeks, many infants dying of AIDS at the Mutare government hospital . He began a crusade which continues through today to alert the world through... Wed, 26 Nov 2008 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/news/?id=111 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1914 A glimmer of hope on a dark plain Another World AIDS Day passed on 1 December: but amidst the usual flurry of news stories and updates on the epidemic, and the predictable tables of statistics showing the mounting scale of the problem, there was a glimmer of hope. At Saddleback Church in California, Rick Warren, author of The Purpose Driven Life , convened a second Global HIV Summit for church leaders at the end of November. [1] Warren emphasises that AIDS is a kairos opportunity for the church... Thu, 1 Feb 2007 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1914 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1837 Steve Fouch reports from the recent meeting on HIV/AIDS At the start of June, delegations from across the globe, including over 100 from faith-based groups, descended on New York for a high level meeting at the UN General Assembly (UNGASS). It was five years since the UN's first declaration on HIV and AIDS in 2001. That declaration had been criticised in many ways, but it was a first - the global community had never come together at that level before to consider how it could respond one of... Sat, 1 Jul 2006 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1837 http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=80 The UK's largest organisation of Christian doctors has accused the UN of failing to deliver for the world's poor in the fight against HIV/AIDS. Last week (May 31 - June 2), the United Nations General Assembly sat for only the second time in its history to reach an agreement on a global response to HIV & AIDS. Leaders from over 120 nations, and 800 delegates from civil society and faith groups from around the globe met in New York to debate the issues. Steve Fouch, CMF's Allied... Wed, 7 Jun 2006 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=80 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1647 Martin was referred to the Mildmay Harare Children's Hospital Specialist Clinic in Zimbabwe. He was eleven years old, and had a right sided hemiplegia, the legacy of cryptococcal meningitis. He was very malnourished and depressed, having had to stop school, and move to live with his elderly grandmother who was already overwhelmed with the other orphans for whom she was caring . He had severe oral thrush which made eating difficult and he was loosing weight. His grandmother had little hope for... Fri, 1 Jul 2005 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1647 http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=52 The latest research evidence demonstrates that the government, in the form of the Chief Medical Officer and the Department of Health, are quite wrong to ignore abstinence education in the fight to reduce the incidence of sexually transmitted infections in the UK. Dr. Trevor Stammers, Senior Tutor in General Practice at St. George's Hospital Medical School and a leading expert in sexually transmitted infections (STIs), has dramatically challenged the government's approach to the rapid spread of... Fri, 6 May 2005 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=52 http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=36 The Christian Medical Fellowship (CMF) today praised the Church of the role it has to played in the fight against HIV/AIDS worldwide but warned that unless Christians in the West increase their efforts, the spread of the disease could become uncontrollable. While many people believe that Christians are prejudiced towards those living with HIV and AIDS, estimates suggest that Christian-run projects account for more than two thirds of all HIV/AIDS care in sub-Saharan Africa, where 25 million... Mon, 29 Nov 2004 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/press_release/?id=36 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1196 The AIDS pandemic continues to worsen despite concerted international action and better funding. A heavily publicised priority has been the '3 by 5' plan to treat three million people with antiretroviral drugs by 2005; but a comprehensive HIV strategy must address palliative care, orphan care and prevention as well. A condoms-only prevention policy based on Western ideology and experience will fail. The Ugandan experience of ABC - Abstain, Be faithful, Condoms - has been extremely effective in... Thu, 1 Jan 2004 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=1196 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=367 Removing patent restrictions on drugs is only the beginning in the worldwide fight against AIDS says Jason O'Neale Roach, former editor of the Student BMJ. When it comes to disease, rich countries are quick to share their wealth . . . But they are less ready to share their pharmaceutical solutions to these and other ills.[1] I doubt that singing and dancing is a regular feature of the Pretorian Court in South Africa. But last April, the South African government won a three year battle against... Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=367 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=371 How is HIV impacting sub-Saharan Africa, and how is the church responding to the crisis? Yamikani Chimalizeni and John Day file this report. Sub-Saharan Africa is presently being overwhelmed by the HIV/AIDS epidemic. Of the estimated 34 million world-wide infected with the virus, two-thirds of them live in the region. The countries of Southern Africa are particularly hard-hit, with prevalence of between 10-20% in Botswana, South Africa, Zimbabwe, Zambia and Malawi.[1] Health services,... Sun, 1 Jul 2001 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=371 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=892 Whilst prevention measures and antiretroviral medication have eased the AIDS burden borne by the developed world, the epidemic continues to spread at an alarming rate in Eastern Europe, the CIS, Asia and Central America. But it is still Sub-Saharan Africa, with 70% of the world's HIV positive people, which is suffering the most devastating sociological and economic effects. The most distressing consequences are for children; both those infected, and those left behind as AIDS orphans. In the... Sat, 1 Jul 2000 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=892 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=780 In a regular series, Cyberdoc will review and critique websites relevant to you as a health professional interested in the Christian dimensions, trusting this will help you trawl through the web and find what you really need. But first, for anyone who's been asleep for the last year or two or who hasn't yet dared to ask, what is the Internet? Tony Blair's recent meeting with Microsoft magnate Bill Gates and then extolling the virtues of a 'National Grid for Learning' is just one development... Thu, 1 Jan 1998 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=780 http://www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/ten_proposals_on_aids_1997.htm 'Controlling the spread of infection must be regarded as an issue of prime importance to the future of the nation.' Sir Donald Acheson, Chief MedicaI Officer, Department of Health and Social Security. 'AIDS could well become one of the worst health problems in the history of the world... An awesome health problem that could involve millions of people who are going to die as a result.' Otis Bowen, United States Secretary of Health. 'We stand nakedly in front of a pandemic as mortal as any... Tue, 17 Jun 1997 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/ethics/ten_proposals_on_aids_1997.htm http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=565 Dave was 38 years old and lived alone in a council flat. He was diagnosed HIV positive in 1990. When I visited him he was virtually bed-bound due to severe muscle wasting, weight loss and diarrhoea. He was extremely weak and hardly eating or drinking. Although we had not met before, he welcomed me into his home and trusted me. I cleaned his kitchen, cooked him some lunch and chatted. As I was leaving, Dave told me that he was panicking as his mother had died of cancer the year previously and he... Mon, 1 Jul 1996 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=565 http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=438 Don't die of confusion - When it seems that every newspaper report on AIDS is saying something different it is hardly surprising that our patients are confused about AIDS. They could be forgiven for coming to the conclusion that HIV is harmless, heterosexual AIDS is a myth, that a cure or vaccine is just around the corner and that promiscuity is safe. At the moment people are in danger of dying not of ignorance so much as confusion. The reasons for the confusion are many: AIDS is hard for... Fri, 1 Jan 1993 13:00:00 GMT http://www.cmf.org.uk/literature/content.asp?context=article&id=438