CARIBBEAN RELIGION AIDS WORK COOPERATION

BY KEITH NUTHALL A SUMMIT meeting of 100 Caribbean religious leaders has agreed that their organisations and laity will cooperate with and actively support governmental, non-governmental and other agencies fighting the spread of HIV/AIDS, while helping care for people infected with the disease. Leaders from the Baha'i, Christian, Hindu, Muslim, and Rastafarian faiths agreed to act at a conference in Georgetown, Guyana. They agreed to follow up the meeting by educating their memberships about HIV/AIDS, especially to reduce the stigma associated with it in the ...


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