The role of Academia in HIV Response

EHAIA has contributed to a number of initiatives to mainstream HIV and AIDS into theological institutions and faculties 'curricula, promoting the discussion and lifting taboos around sex and sexuality, HIV, gender-based violence among students and ordained religious leaders. As a result, this new offer of courses has attracted many additional students as well as lecturers who undertake research on HIV and AIDS and the churches' response. Not only theological institutions in Sub-Saharan Africa responded to this motivation, it was expanded to Latin America and Caribbean. The key question explored in this session is how the academia is part of or can be part of transformational learning and leadership in getting to Zero?