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In March 2010, Ecumenical Pharmaceutical Network (EPN) published its HIV and AIDS Treatment Literacy Guide for Church Leaders. The 132 page book provides powerful insights on how church leaders can take up advocacy issues in matters of antiretroviral treatment-which are a life prolonging intervention for people living with HIV - and to deal with stigma and discrimination in the church. The guide with a foreword by Archbishop Desmond Tutu is loaded with key care and treatment messages on the role church leaders can play in advocacy and community mobilization and contains also exercises that help the church leader better understand the content and engage the congregation. Retired Archbishop Dr. Benjamin Nzimbi of the Anglican Church of Kenya, who officiated at the function held during the 2010 EPN Forum in Nairobi, Kenya on 18th -19th March 2010, reiterated the fact that the issue of HIV and AIDS continued to be a taboo subject especially in the church quotas and that most church leaders were still ignorant on the matters of HIV and AIDS care and treatment. He commended the book as a must read for every church leader who wants to address the issue of stigma and discrimination in the church and learn how to care for those infected and affected by the disease. He also said that church leaders need to understand the issues of faith healing, stating that many church leaders have lead many people into stopping their ARV treatment. The book is available both in French and English, at a price of 10 USD. For more information about this book contact
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