Faith and HIV (Again)
By Mohammad Shakir The past week has seen faith and prayer become involved with the cure and prevention of HIV once again. In London, Manchester and Glasgow, members of an evangelical church died after taking advice from their pastor to stop taking HIV medication and put their belief in God to heal them. This reminds [...]
Technology – Epic Fail
By Mohammad Shakir Our reliance on technology is an aspect of life which is increasing as computers, phones and home appliances become more advanced to make our lives easier. 10 years ago it would have been unlikely that someone could receive an email on a mobile phone, but this week’s outage at Blackberry affected millions [...]
Keeping the Faith
As a member of the Faith Working Group (FWG) of the UK Consortium on AIDS and International Development, the International HIV Fund collaborated with other FWG members to launch the report “Keeping the Faith – Faith responses to HIV: Mapping the future” which looks at the vital contribution faith organisations’ make in the response to [...]
