HIV/AIDS Global Gathering, Uganda, from 27 May

Day 6

Ida Kouassi, a representative of UNAIDS, from the nation of Togo, was the main speaker on the final day of the conference. The response to the Epidemic is still far from adequate according to the statistics given in Ida's presentation:

• Over 11,000 new infections a day
• 8,000 deaths every day
• Lets put this in context, this is like a Tsunami every six weeks- all year, and next year, ...
  
  

"We as a church responded to the Tsunami- What are we doing to reach out to people living with HIV in our town? Who are they? They are most likely to be found amongst the marginalized in our town, the intravenous drug using community, immigrant population and commercial sex workers. Are these people in our church? These are the people that Jesus sat down and ate with when he was on earth," Ms. Kouassi urged during her moving lecture.

John Dawson ended this groundbreaking conference with a time of prayer and thanksgiving to God.

Day 1, Day 2, Day 3, Day 4, Day 5, Day 6
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