Today, December 1, as we observe World AIDS Day, the Toronto Star released the following: “We must reject complacency and disregard against HIV and AIDS. Data released by the Public Health Agency of Canada this week clearly demonstrates there is … Read more
In the developing world, pregnancy and childbirth kill a woman every minute because there is no trained midwife or doctor to help.
The HIV/AIDS epidemic is responsible for eight deaths every hour in Malawi, Africa. Manjita Biswas, Overseas Programs Consultant for The Salvation Army Canada and Bermuda is currently in Malawi where The Salvation Army conducted an HIV/AIDS awareness campaign. More than … Read more
When news of the world-wide AIDS pandemic hit the headlines in 1981, the world panicked. Parents kept their children home from school when the first cases of young people stricken with the disease were reported. Fear and mistrust were the … Read more
Riley Blake was a mess. Strung out and high on drugs, he was in no fit state when he answered the knock at the door one July evening in 2006. “I thought it was one of my dealers,” recounts Riley … Read more
With World AIDS Day approaching we take time to reflect on the work of Dr. Paul Thistle and The Salvation Army Howard Hospital in Zimbabwe. With a fraction of the budget of modern North American hospitals, Dr. Paul Thistle quietly … Read more
Word AIDS Day – December 1st is an opportunity for people worldwide to unite in the fight against HIV and AIDS. According to UNAIDS, there are 38.6 million people living with HIV, including 2.3 million children, and during 2005 some … Read more
In Africa and Asia, countries bordering the Pacific and Europe, The Salvation Army addresses health issues through 31 hospitals, 105 clinics and hundreds of community and church health programs. These numbers are large enough but they don’t even begin to … Read more
December 1st is World AIDS Day, and to mark it, Lt. Col. Marguerite Ward talks about her own experience with the pandemic during the twelve years she has served in Southern Africa: eight in South Africa and four in Zimbabwe. … Read more
London, ENG – To mark World Aids Day 2006 (Friday 1 December), The Salvation Army announces a remarkable project which began earlier this year and will come to fruition next May with the publication of a ground-breaking book. Writer and … Read more