The Catholic Church: a major stakeholder in the fight against AIDS
Sr Alison Munro, SACBC AIDS Office, Pretoria
January-December 2003
The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference (SACBC) AIDS Office
- Established January 2000 by the education, health and development agencies of the SACBC (CIE, CATHCA and DWA)
- Co-ordinates the response of the Catholic Church to AIDS in South Africa, Swaziland, Botswana (which form the SACBC territory)
- Collaborates with the Lesotho and Namibian Catholic Bishops’ Conferences
- Helps build the response of the Catholic Church to AIDS at local Church level
- Helps the SACBC determine its priorities around AIDS