An epidemic like HIV/AIDS in sub-Saharan Africa is a moment of truth—it calls into question the way we treat others, the consistency of our social and health policies, and the depth of solidarity within our global village. In this next talk in our CWCIT "Catholicism and Health Lecture Series," Fr. Jacquineau Azetsóp, SJ, discusses these issues. He focuses on the social determinants of health that create health inequalities and the added global burden of disease on African nations that already face scarce resources. And ultimately, he offers some proposals from theological ethics to address the flaws in Africa's health care system.

About the Speaker
A Jesuit from Cameroon, Fr. Jacquineau Azetsóp is dean of the Pontifical Gregorian University School of Social Sciences in Rome, where his teaching and research focus on issues of health policy, public health ethics, social dimensions of health, health systems, and the inclusion of the destitute poor. He holds an master's of public health from Johns Hopkins, and his PhD in social ethics from Boston College focused on issues of health inequality and social justice in West Africa. He taught at the N’Djamena University’s School of Health Sciences (N’Djamena, Chad) and at the School of Medicine of the Catholic University of Mozambique in Beira. He is the editor of HIV and AIDS in Africa: Christian Reflection, Public Health, Social Transformation, published by Orbis Books in 2016.