Saturday, December 1, 2018

Day #1796

December 1, 2018 

On World AIDS Day, this information about the number of people who live with this disease broke my heart. We pray today for all those, around the world, who suffer without the medicine and hope they need. We also pray for wisdom in ways to be supportive and life-giving to all. Amen. 
Nowadays, people affected by HIV/AIDS have access to more effective medications and their prognosis is far better than it was in the 1980s, at least in North America. Today 37 million people are living with HIV. All of them need access to life-saving anti-retroviral treatment, but only 16 million currently receive it. [This message was an excerpt from a Woman of the ELCA blog by Kate Elliott. Today is World AIDS Day. Download Women of the ELCA’s resource, “Women over 50 and HIV/AIDS.”]
Blessings.

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