"As late as the 1988 Lambeth Conference, bishops from Africa were denying that there was a disease called AIDS". The situation has changed now and the Cape Town joint meeting passed a resolution "that calls for a universal response to AIDS". Several African churches, including those of Uganda and Tanzania have developed AIDS education and prevention programs.
Dr. Carey, Archbishop of Canterbury, visited the dioceses of Chicago and Los Angeles in May 1996 where he visited a number of the outreach ministries of both dioceses, including work with AIDS patients.