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“Malaria does not discriminate between Muslims and Christians."
The Inter Religious Campaign Against Malaria in Mozambique, working with the
Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., USA, was recently awarded
a major grant to fight malaria from the U.S. Agency for International Development
(USAID).

This year marks the 25th anniversary of the recognition of HIV/AIDS as a
new disease. In early June the United Nations held a "High-Level Meeting
on HIV/AIDS" to review world progress toward lessening the impact of
this pandemic. On the eve of the meeting, dozens of groups representing every
world religion gathered for a prayer service and a press conference
addressing the need for urgent action beyond mere words and declarations.

Many initiatives were born or carried farther forward at the Second
Inter-Faith Action for Peace in Africa Summit, which took place in
Johannesburg, South Africa, in late April. Personally, I found the story of
the "Mother's Cry for a Healthy Africa" the most compelling
of these — calling for African women to "unite against
war." Please read on for the full story; broader coverage of the event
can be found at

Christian Today.

A new study from the Global Health Council cites collaboration between
religious and secular groups as enabling a more coordinated and rapid
expansion of HIV/AIDS programs and services. As of 2003, 40 million people
worldwide were estimated to be living with HIV; 3 million more are thought
to have died from HIV/AIDS that year, leaving behind orphaned families and
debilitated infrastructures

Dave Randall writes: “Although it has taken over seven months to accomplish, I am happy to report that the Utah URI CC has been successful in shipping a container of food to URI Malawi, Africa. A container is about 80,000 meals.”