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General Reports
 
     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  HIV/AIDS through the lens of Christianity: Perspectives from a South African urban
support group.
Hlongwana K, Mkhize S.
Cardiovasc J S Afr. 2007 May;4(1):556-563.
 Abstract
 

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
How the U.S.-based Christian right shapes HIV/AIDS policies overseas and in international fora
 S. Cahill, M. Ferreyra
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

A matter of belonging: how faith-based organisations can strengthen families
and communities to support orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) Christian Aid,
Islamic Relief and UNICEF
Bold C., Henderson M., Yuster A., Baggaley R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
Adventist
Medical Services The Adventist Development and Relief Agency, International

    

African-American Church
 

     Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries
 
  The contribution of religious and existential well-being to depression among
African American heterosexuals with HIV infection.
Coleman CL.
Issues Ment Health Nurs. 2004 Jan-Feb;25(1):103-10
Abstract
 
  HIV/AIDS, nurses, and the black church: a case study.
Baker S
J Assoc Nurses AIDS Care 1999 Sep-Oct;10(5):71-9
Abstract
 
 
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The Black Church and AIDS
Religion and Ethics News Weekly  March 17, 2000
Discussion
Baptist
Medical Services Baptist Medical and Dental International
Episcopal
Medical Services  Episcopal Medical Missions Foundation

     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters

  The body of christ has AIDS : implementing the all Africa anglican AIDS framework
N C M Nema
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Siempre unidos: partnering faith-based (FBO), secular and government organizations
 to rapidly scale-up AIDS treatment in Honduras
D M Main, P Torres, C A Portillo, R Hernandez
 (15IAC)
Abstract
Evangelist
Medical Services World Medical Mission  

Jehovah's Witnesses
 

      Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries 
         

  Jehovah's Witnesses refusal of blood: religious, legal and ethical aspects and considerations for anesthetic management
Perez Ferrer A, Gredilla E, de Vicente J, et a;
Rev Esp Anestesiol Reanim. 2006 Jan;53(1):31-41
Abstract
Roman Catholic
Medical Services Catholic Medical Mission Board  
News
 
 
NEWS RELEASE
Catholics at XVII International AIDS Conference Tell Pope: End Ban on Condoms
Catholics for Choice J
July 31, 2008
 News Release
 

NEWS FEATURE
Vatican condemns drug companies' anti-AIDS profiteering
 Agence France Presse
January 30, 2004
 News Report

        
          Journal Papers, Abstracts, and Commentaries

  Catholic pastoral care as a response to the HIV/AIDS pandemic in Southern Africa.
Bate SC.
J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2003 Summer;57(2):197-209.
Abstract
 
Bioethics for clinicians: 27. Catholic bioethics.
Markwell HJ, Brown BF.
 CMAJ 2001 Jul 24;165(2):189-92
Abstract
 
     Conference Reports, Abstracts, and Posters
 
 
POWERPOINT POSTER PRESENTATION
The Shadowing influence of Catholicism in the prevention of HIV
 G Rodriguez
 (XVII International AIDS Conference)
 Poster Presentation
 
Is there a place for moral sex work?: Catholicism, power, prostitution and AIDS in urban
Mexico
 S Choudhury-Southard 
(134 APHA)
Abstract
 
Catholic church´s concerted response to HIV/AIDS in India
Vadakumthala A.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Challenging the Catholic church’s ban on condoms
Kissling F., Valeri M.N.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Catholic Church of India’s concerted response to HIV/AIDS and multi-sector collaboration leads
 to national HIV/AIDS policy
Mathai R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Involvement of the Rusengo Parish center (catholic church) in taking care of the Burundian
returnees PLWA (persons living with HIV/AIDS)
KAVAMAHANGA D.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Building a supportive environment for behaviour change: the peer counselling program experience
of the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya
Ngumbi M., Mbondo M.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
A sex education module: a successful trial in 6 catholic schools in Thailand
Kongsri S., Dusitsin N., Srisukko P
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Establishing an HIV/AIDS news desk at a Catholic radio station in rural Zambia gives public
greater access to life-saving information
Phiri W.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Effective integration of voluntary counseling and testing in a catholic maternity center, Antsirabe -
Madagascar
Mensah M., Rakotondramboa S.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
The role of the “HIV/AIDS focal point” in coordinating the HIV/AIDS response: the experience
of the catholic church in Uganda
Birungi C.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Provision of ART in rural South African catholic healthcare facilities
Maponyane M.D., Isaacs T.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
The principle of ''okonomia'' as a way out of the deadlock - the Roman catholic church and
HIV/AIDS
Hippler S.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
The Catholic Church and the evolution of the condom
Rogers E.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Religious responses to HIV/AIDS in Brazil: the role of catholic, evangelical protestant, an
Afro-Brazilian religions in responding to the epidemic
Parker R., Terto Jr. V., Muñoz-Laboy M., et al
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
The U.S. department of health and human services (DHHS), office of HIV/AIDS policy’s (OHAP)
the leadership campaign on AIDS (TLCA), collaboration with the catholic faith community
Gomez M., Lewis R.
 (XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Teaching “HIV/AIDS and Ethics” at a catholic university
Keenan J.  
(XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract

Be faithful: promoting sexual pleasure and mutual fidelity among couples in two
catholic parishes in Lagos, Nigeria
Ojidoh C., Iwere N.
 XVI International AIDS Conference)
 Abstract
 
Faith-based collaboration– St Mary's Hospital Nairobi Kenya and Catholic Medical
Mission Board(CMMB): A proposed model of locally-appropriate access to HIV care f
or HIV-positive womenand their families within East Africa
B Fryda, M Maina, W Konya
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Introducing preventive sexual education in a Catholic church of Sao Paulo city, Brazil
L Strazza, L R Boccia, M A C Luz,  et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Implementing anti-retroviral therapy in a Roman Catholic home based care program
J Viljoen
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Development, evolution and implementation of the Nigeria catholic HIV/AIDS policy
O Jagha, W Alli-Balogun, J Abohweyere,  et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Youth peer education leads to community-based support: lessons learned from a catholic diocese
in  Rwanda
G Habumugabe, P Ndabamenye, F Mubashankwaya
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
The influence of religious and cultural practices an AIDS prevention and vulnerability : An evaluation
made by a Catholic senegalese NGO Sida Service .
A Ndiaye, G Diouf, M Diouf,  et al
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Catholic Diocese of Kitui HIV/AIDS home based care programme
S R Kitengu
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Enabling Catholic clergy to deal with the reality of HIV in their lives
J Simmons, M Dolan, J Maher, A Smith
 (15IAC)
Abstract
 
Prevention of HIV/AIDS among youth and adolescents in the Catholic Diocese of Nakuru, Kenya
M E Ngumbi
 (15IAC)
Abstract

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