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HIV/AIDS missionary in Uganda bad for business

A missionary nurse with Africa Inland Mission (AIM) is bad for business. That's according to the witch doctors working in the Lake Victoria, Uganda, area, reports MNN.

Spirit-worship remains a pillar of island lifestyle, and fishermen routinely call upon witch doctors to cure and prevent disease. However, due to extreme promiscuity and rampant prostitution, the HIV/AIDS-rate in this beautiful archipelago has topped 90 percent.

Because of the high infection rates, the Mildmay Treatment Center works in the region. It provides outpatient clinics, a child care center, and a pastoral care center. Its training and education programs facilitate the reproduction of the center's care model to help others start similar ministries.

Working under the umbrella of Mildmay Treatment Center, AIM's Kathleen Burns has been helping sufferers of HIV/AIDS in the Ssese Islands.

Her ministry involves taking the island sufferers to the mainland for treatment. During the boat trip and later in the clinic, she gives not only medical hope but spiritual hope as well.

As a result, many patients have accepted Christ. The witchdoctors complain that since she started working with the AIDS sufferers, they've had a drastic decline in business.

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[08/30/2008]

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