Church leaders in Kenya have begun a national workshop aimed at addressing stigma and discrimination against people living with HIV/AIDS, the Catholic Information Service for Africa/AllAfrica.com reports (allafrica.com, 4/22).
About 60 church leaders attended the workshop, which was organized by the National Council of Churches (NCCK). Canon Gideon Byamugisha, a Ugandan pastor who became the first African clergyman to publicly declare that he was HIV positive, is leading the workshop, which ends April 25.
“The national workshop aims [to build] the capacity of the executive church leaders to change their attitudes towards HIV and AIDS, and thereafter give leadership to campaigns against stigma and discrimination,” said the NCCK Deputy General Secretary Oliver Kisaka in a statement.
According to the article, more than 55,000 people become infected with HIV in Kenya each year.
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