Reaching Boys and Men


December 17, 2021

This short film explores how Health Policy Plus (HP+) collaborated with Malawi’s six religious mother bodies to implement PEPFAR’s Faith and Community Initiative (FCI) in eight of Malawi’s districts. Through FCI, religious leaders incorporated PEPFAR Messages of Hope—accurate HIV messages that correspond with religious texts from the Bible...

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Recommended Practices for Religious Communities to Address HIV-Related Stigma, a Dave Barstow Presentation


November 1, 2021

CCIH member Dr. David Barstow presented in November 2021 at the International Conference on Stigma on “Recommended Practices for Religious Communities to Address HIV-Related Stigma: A Review of Training Materials for Religious Leaders.” He put together 13 practices after reviewing a variety of materials about HIV for faith...

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Channels of Hope Curriculum


October 29, 2021

World Vision International’s Channels of Hope trains and equips faith leaders and other community members to break down walls between faiths and in their own communities to respond to serious issues, such as HIV/AIDS, and promote the well-being of all in the community—especially the most vulnerable.

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“Church Leaders Helping to Boost Family Planning” by Reverend Samuel Njung’e and Reverend Samuel Wainaina


January 1, 2021

Two Reverends from Murang’a County Kenya share about the work of church leaders in family planning in The Standard, a Kenyan newspaper.

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