Report - WHO-OAFLA Relation Building Meeting, 7-8 December 2016, Brazzaville, Congo
During the 16th General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) held on 31 January 2016, a collaborative agreement was signed between the President of OAFLA, the First Lady of the Republic of Ghana and the WHO Regional Director for Africa.
The collaborative partnership between OAFLA and WHO focusses on the following areas:
- HIV prevention in general and elimination of mother-to-child transmission in particular;
- ending preventable maternal, neonatal, child and adolescent deaths;
- reducing vulnerability, stigmatization and removing structural barriers to accessing quality HIV/AIDS and reproductive health services;
- promoting access to a comprehensive, integrated package of essential MCH/HIV/AIDS interventions and services;
- advocacy for protecting young people and women against violence including early marriage;
- prevention, care and treatment of the most common female cancers such as breast and cervical cancer; and
- supporting countries to strengthen health systems and attain the Abuja commitments and scaling up HIV treatment and care.
