Ghana will host African First Ladies at a conference on sexual health and rights from Wednesday to Friday.
The conference is part of a long-term process aimed at building and fostering regional dialogue on sexual and reproductive health and rights, according to a statement released from the office of the West African country’s First Lady on Monday.
Some of the First Ladies that are expected to participate in the conference are from Kenya, Ethiopia, Mali, Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone, Guinea Bissau, Burkina Faso, Chad, Sudan, Madagascar and Mozambique.
About 500 participants representing various stakeholders and constituency groups across the African continent would also be attending the conference.
During the three-day meeting, the first ladies will, under the umbrella of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA), launch a united continental “All-in” adolescent HIV campaign, a collaborative effort of OAFLA, the Ghana AIDS Commission and the global “All-in” partners such as UNICEF, UNFPA and UNAIDS.
The launch would urge governments to prioritize and improve the provision of integrated HIV and sexual reproductive health services to adolescents between the ages of 10 and 19.
The conference will be opened by President John Dramani Mahama. Enditem
