Dossier

• 3 April 2004
  The World Health Organisation estimates that in the world more than 40 million people suffer from AIDS and that last year more than 2.6 million died of AIDS and there were 5 million new cases among adults and 700,000 among children. Vatican City (Fides Service) - Although AIDS is not longer a front page subject, in Italy there are thousands of new cases of HIV + persons every year. Italian children with HIV/AIDS (about 600) no longer die because the ...
• 3 April 2004
  BURKINA FASO - Saint Camillo Medical Centre in Ouagadougou and prevention of HIV/AIDS mother/child infection Ouagadougou (Fides Service) - Burkina Faso is one of the west African countries most affected by HIV/AIDS. According to the World Health Organisation out of a population of a little more than 12 million, every year at le ...
• 3 April 2004
  MOZAMBIQUE - Of 14.000 new cases of infection every day in 2003, no less than 12.000 were people aged between 15 and 45. S. Egidio Community’s DREAM project assists children in Africa Rome (Fides Service) - DREAM programme started by the S. Egidio Community cares for children in many ways. The most important regard treatment of pregnant mothers to ensure two objectives: the life of the mother and the ...
• 3 April 2004
  SOUTH AFRICA - South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana, Namibia and Lesotho have the highest rate on HIV/AIDS infection on the continent of Africa Pretoria (Fides Service) - AIDS has produced 12 million orphans in Africa, half of them aged 10 to 14. It is estimated that by 2010, because of HIV/AIDS 20 million children under 15 will have lost one or both parents. Th ...
• 3 April 2004
  KENYA - In Kenya 3 people die of AIDS every 5 minutes Vatican City (Fides Service) - AIDS in Africa continues to create serious problems especially for children directly or indirectly affected. Many of them lost one or both parents which robs them of emotion and economic su ...
• 3 April 2004
  THAILAND - “The day a child dies is the saddest day for everyone at the Camillian Centre at Rayong which cares for 31 children aged 4 to 17 most of them with discreet health conditions” Rayong (Fides Service) - “There would be much to say with regard to our relations with the Thai health system in which we are leaders in as far as care for children with AIDS is concerned. I am happy to say that our ch ...
• 3 April 2004
  PERU - The Global Fund will provide antiretroviral drugs within the year, first to 1000 women and then to 3000 persons to reach 7,000. Information on HIV/AIDS in Peru. Lima (Fides Service) - Most of the people in Peru with HIV/AIDS live in the capital Lima which has a population of 8 million. The first case of AIDS in Peru was confirmed in 1983. In 1990 there were con 4000 cases of AID ...
• 3 April 2004
  BRAZIL - In 2003, the number of new cases reported was 5,762 (3.693 men and 2.069 women) From the beginning of the 1980s to the end of September 2003, the health ministry registered 277,154 cases of AIDS in Brazil, (197,340 men and 79,814 women). In 2003, 5,762 new cases were registered, (3,693 men and 2,06 ...
• 3 April 2004
  ITALY - “FAMILIES FOR AFRICA”: UNESCO programme to reduce progression of AIDS in women of child bearing age and prevent HIV/AIDS mother/child infection birth and through breast feeding (Italy) Rome (Fides Service) - The “Families for Africa” project aims to address the serious threat of HIV/AIDS and its impact on families in West Africa. The project launched by UNESCO in July 2002, funded by the Italian go ...
• 3 April 2004
  EUROPE (BALKAN STATES)- Civil wars, economic crisis and political changes among the causes of spreading HIV/AIDS Rome (Fides Service) - The International Organisation for Migration and UNICEF have issued a Report on HIV/AIDS in South East Europe One of the main concerns is constant movement of people workers, refugees, victims of ...
• 20 March 2004
  VATICAN - “The blood of missionary martyrs hope for the world” Interview with Cardinal Crescenzio Sepe, Prefect of the Congregation for the Evangelisation of Peoples. Vatican City (Fides Service) - On the occasion of the 12th Day of prayer, fasting and good works in memory of Missionary Martyrs, an initiative organised by the Pontifical Mission Societies Youth Movement Italy for 24 Ma ...
• 20 March 2004
  “Persecuted but not Abandoned” (2Cor 4,9): 24 March 12th Day of Prayer, fasting and charitable works in memory of Missionary martyrs Rome (Fides Service) - March 24 the anniversary of the assassination of Archbishop Oscar Romero, Archbishop San Salvador in 1980, will be the 12th Day of Prayer and Fasting in Memory of Missionary Martyrs organised by th ...
• 20 March 2004
  MARTYROLOGY 2003 Vatican City (Fides Service) - According to information collected by Fides up to 20 March 2004, during 2003 no less than 35 members of the Church priests, religious, lay people and one Archbishop, lost their lives while ...
• 20 March 2004
  CHART OF MISSIONARY MARTYRS 2003 Name Nationality Institute Place/date of death 1. Rev. D. Mvuezolo-Tovo D. R. Congo Diocesan Matadi D.Congo - 11 March 2. Rev. N. Gómez Bejarano Colombia Diocesan Armenia Colombia - 22 March 3. Brother Clement Igwil ...
• 20 March 2004
  HOW MISSIONARY MARTYRS ARE COMMEMORATED IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES IN THE WORLD The memory of missionary martyrs who gave their lives for the Gospel is vivid in many local Churches all over the world. This is seen from reports by National Directors of Pontifical Mission Societies in different countr ...