as well. Individual parishes also began opening hospices for AIDS patients. Australia AIDS arrived in Australia in the 1980s. Soon after, the Sisters of Charity began to admit patients with the new disease at St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney, in Sydney's inner city, which became a world leader in HIV research. However, despite its geographic proximity to the infected community, it was reported that the atmosphere at St Vincent's was initially homophobic in the early 1980s, but hospital administrators took action to correct the situation. Africa The African Jesuit AIDS Network was established in 2002 by Jesuits from Africa and Madagascar as a network of organizations that fight against HIV/AIDS Based on the outskirts of Nairobi, they develop responses that meet the needs in the local context to the disease, including education, prevention, and treatment. The founding of the network was in response to a major effort by the Jesuits to make AIDS in Africa a major priority. The Community of Sant'Egidio is "among global leaders on HIV/AIDS" with a large presence in Africa. Its Drug Resource Enhancement against Aids and Malnutrition (DREAM) program is one of the most studied approaches to HIV / AIDS treatment in the world, with many of the roughly 100 papers attesting to its efficacy. DREAM takes a holistic approach, combining highly active antiretroviral therapy (HAART) with the treatment of malnutrition, tuberculosis, malaria, and sexually transmitted diseases while emphasizing health education at all levels. The program was initiated in Mozambique in March 2002 and has spread throughout the continent in dispersed health centers. Funding has come from various international organizations including the World Bank and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation, as well as from Italy's winegrowers. Ministry to people with HIV/AIDS With the advent of AIDS, the Church initially responded nervously but soon began actively providing ministry and medical care to people with AIDS. Parishes and dioceses have instituted various forms of paid and volunteer pastoral care and special activities for people with AIDS and in the 1980s, some dioceses began hiring staff and commissioning priests for AIDS ministry. In 1989, the top services provided in the United States were health and hospice care, AIDS advocacy, and education and prevention; others were drug treatment programs, housing, legal services, advocacy on behalf of those with AIDS, financial assistance, information about the disease and referrals for services, psychological and emotional support for both patients and family members,