The Black Church Is a Place of Healing. Why Is HIV Still So Hard to Talk About?

Where HIV is concerned, the culture of silence and moral shame within the Black church remains entrenched. ViiV Healthcare convened the panel “Separation of Church & Sex: Faith and the Fight Against HIV” at the National Association of Black Journalists convention in Atlanta, where clinicians, theologians, and advocates issued a call to faith leaders to treat HIV not as a moral failing, but as a public health crisis.