Lutheran AIDS Network

World AIDS Day is December 1st. The theme is "Universal Access and Human Rights". Read more for worship and educational resources.

"The National AIDS Fund and Johnson & Johnson are pleased to announce the availability of funds through GENERATIONS: Strengthening Women and Families Affected by HIV/AIDS. Applications are due to the National AIDS Fund by Monday, November 2, 2009 at 5:00 p.m. EST. The goal of the GENERATIONS Initiative is to increase the capacity of CBOs to utilize cutting-edge prevention science to implement innovative, evidence-based, and effective interventions to reach specific populations of at-risk women and girls. "

The US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) has created a special page to answer questions about the new H1N1 influenza (formerly "swine flu") related to HIV+ adults.

http://www.cdc.gov/h1n1flu/hiv_flu.htm

What are Lutherans doing to observe World AIDS Day this year? LANET has assembled this sample of events and resources that you may find useful.

The New York Times presents voices, pictures, and stories of eight men and women living with HIV.

Persons living with HIV often encounter stigma and discrimination in the church - as if their HIV+ status excludes them from the community gathered together by God.

A Lutheran AIDS Network board member and HIV case manager share ten questions that are commonly asked, or should be asked, about HIV testing.

Winter is an evangelical Christian in Orange County, California. She's made it her life's mission to educate the public, and churches in particular, about HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.