Rwanda's First Lady Named UNAIDS Special Ambassador
Rukhshan Mir (@rukhshanmir) Published December 07, 2018 | 08:42 PM
Rwandan First Lady Jeannette Kagame was Friday named the UN agency for HIV and AIDS's Special Ambassador of Adolescent Health and Wellbeing.
UNAIDS Executive Director Michel Sidibe made the announcement in Rwandan capital Kigali at a meeting to review the current status of Rwanda's HIV response over the years in the context of 2018's World AIDS Day campaign.
Sidibe highlighted initiatives spearheaded by Kagame, such as the one through a project called Protection and Care of Families against HIV/AIDS, established in 2001 under Office of the First Lady, to mobilize resources needed in the fight against HIV/AIDS.
As an ambassador, Kagame will continue her leadership in the various response aspects such as elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV and access to sexual and reproductive health services among youth, said Sidibe.
In her acceptance speech, Kagame committed to strengthening her efforts in advocating for and pushing towards the elimination of AIDS by 2030.
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