Malawi: Manerela+ Condemns Faith Healing - allAfrica.com

Think religious based superstition is harmless?

Malawi Network of Religious Leaders living with or Personally Affected by HIV/AIDS (MANERELA+) has urged churches in the country to stop discouraging people from taking medical drugs.

Programs Manager for Manerela+, Bruce Tushabe told Malawi News Agency (Mana) that some churches have been for some time encouraging people to believe in faith healing instead of taking their medical drugs as prescribed by medical doctors.

"We are facing the challenge of religious practices where some church leaders encourage people living with HIV/AIDS to stop taking Anti Retro Viral (ARV) that help boost the immune system.

"Instead, they are told to believe in faith healing which does not work with the immune system at all," said Tushabe.

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"Whether someone gets healed by faith or not, church leaders are not supposed to tell anyone to stop medication," Banda explained.

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