Religion - Publications and resources

Reports and articles:

1. Booklet Cordaid AIDS award: This Church is HIV/AIDS friendly - best practices from the field. Also available in French.
2. Article by World Health Organisation: Faith-based organizations play a major role in HIV/AIDS care and treatment in sub-Saharan Africa
3. Report by ARHAP: Appreciating assets: mapping, understanding, translating and engaging religious health assets in Zambia and Lesotho
4. Working paper by Ecumenical Theological Education at the World Council of Churches: Creating Communities of Justice and Hope
5. Research study by Family Health International: Religious Leaders Respond to HIV/AIDS
6. Article by UNAIDS: Hindu faith leaders commit to AIDS response
7. Thesis by ARHAP: Hope in View of HIV/AIDS in South Africa: Public Discourse, Faith and the Future
8. Review by Cordaid: Religion and HIV/AIDS: defining issue of our time. Compilation of findings of three case studies and literature for the Knowledge Forum on Religion and Development Policy.
9. Booklet by KIT: Booklet: Faith-based organisations and HIV/AIDS prevention and impact mitigation in Africa
10. Report expert meeting ICCO and Prisma: "Sexuality, reproduction, HIV & AIDS: how to better include Christian faith based organisations in maintaining health"

Tools

1. Teaching Methods by World Council of churches: Towards Multi-sectoral Teaching in a Time of HIV/AIDS
2. Toolkit by Strategies for hope: Called to Care. The CALLED TO CARE toolkit consists of practical, action-oriented booklets and mini-manuals on issues related to HIV/AIDS, designed for use by church leaders, especially in sub-Saharan Africa. The first booklet in the series, Positive Voices, brings together the experiences of 14 African religious leaders – 12 Christians and two Muslims – who are either living with HIV or are personally affected by HIV and AIDS.
3. A workshop manual by Positive Moslims: HIV, AIDS and Islam: a workshop manual based on compassion, responsibility and justice Raising awareness about HIV and AIDS in Muslim communities
4. Guidelines by Ecumenical Advocacy Alliance: Scaling up effective partnerships: A guide to working with faith-based organisations in the response to HIV and AIDS. Upcaling up effective partnerships: A guide to working with faith-based organisations in the response to HIV and AIDS
5. Toolkit by Religions for peace: What religious leaders can do about HIV/AIDS: This book is a resource that religious leaders can use to explore ways of responding to HIV/AIDS. Available for download in English and French.