{On 29th January, the First Lady of Rwanda, Mrs. Jeannette Kagame attended a steering committee meeting for the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) in Addis Ababa. }
Tomorrow the General Assembly meets for the 13th time along the sidelines.
Mrs. Kagame, recently elected Vice President of OAFLA, joined OAFLA’s current President Mrs. Hinda Deby Itno, First Lady of Chad, along with other First Ladies from Mozambique, Namibia, Ghana, Senegal, Mali, and Zambia.
OAFLA was established in 2002 as a continental initiative to advocate and mobilise resources for those affected and infected by HIV/AIDS in Africa and provide leadership at the regional and national level to fight HIV/AIDS. From 2004 and 2006, Mrs. Kagame was the President of OAFLA and she championed with success the “Treat every Child as Your Own” continental campaign.
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