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First Ladies Head HIV/AIDS Fight
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R-L: First Ladies Janet
Museveni of Uganda, Lucy Kibaki of Kenya, Henrietta Conte
and Jeannatte Kagame of Rwanda at the OAFLA Conference, September
22-23, 2003
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The Organisation of African First Ladies Against
HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) Regional Conference was hosted by the the Kenyan
First Lady Mrs. Lucy Kibaki, September 22-23, 2003 in Nairobi. The
theme of the Conference was “Empowering Girls and Women in
the Fight Against HIV/AIDS – African First Ladies Lead the
Way.”
The participating First Ladies called for the consolidation
of the available and relevant knowledge andskills on HIV/AIDS, and
the dissemination of best practices in prevention control, care,
treatment, and support of persons infected and affected by HIV/AIDS.
Kenya hosted the International Conference on Aids and Sexually
ransmitted Infections in Africa (ICASA) in September.
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