Nairobi, Kenya, Jun 19, 2007 / 09:43 am
Kenya’s first-ever national Catholic conference on HIV/AIDS is scheduled for June 24-28 in Nairobi.
Archbishop John Njue, chairman of the Kenya Episcopal Conference, told journalists the five-day conference would gather all of Kenya's Catholic health practitioners and stakeholders in the AIDS fight to share ideas, reported the Catholic Information Service for Africa.
The Kenya Catholic AIDS Taskforce will also launch the National Catholic AIDS Policy at the conference. The policy, titled "This We Teach and Do," was prepared for the Kenyan Episcopal Conference’s Commission for Health last August.
"While the way forward has not been very clear, the Church has never hesitated to provide service and leadership even in difficult areas and despite limited resources,” Archbishop Njue said.