Archbishop’s call to end AIDS by 2030

Archbishop’s call to end AIDS by 2030

The Archbishop of Canterbury has given his strong support to the work of community-based responses to the global AIDS epidemic. In a video message released before next month’s High-Level Meeting on Ending AIDS (8-10 June), Archbishop Justin Welby celebrates the great progress that has been made to eliminate AIDS as a threatening global disease by 2030, and calls for a ‘great further step’ - the mobilisation of ‘political, financial, technical and clinical resources through communities’ to make this a reality. He praises the role of communities, particularly faith-based communities, in providing treatment for the poor and marginalised. The Archbishop highlights the role the Anglican Communion has played for many years in offering community-based treatment, ‘enabling communities to…support the victims of AIDS, their families, and others affected directly and indirectly’.

  • Pray: for men and women, boys and girls who can be overwhelmed, ashamed, and afraid to face a future living with the scorn and stigma of HIV and AIDS. Pray for a cure. (Ps.140:3a,4)