Speech By Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, The First Lady of The Republic of Kenya During The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of The Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) at The Africa Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 31st January, 2016.
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Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, the First Lady of The Republic of Kenya during the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) at the Africa Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 31st January, 2016.
Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, the First Lady of The Republic of Kenya during the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) at the Africa Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 31st January, 2016.
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Speech By Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, The First Lady of The Republic of Kenya During The 16th Ordinary General Assembly of The Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) at The Africa Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 31st January, 2016.
Speech by Her Excellency Margaret Kenyatta, the First Lady of The Republic of Kenya during the 16th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organization of African First Ladies Against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) at the Africa Union Commission in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia on 31st January, 2016.
FIRST LADY OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA DURING THE 16TH
ORDINARY GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN FIRST LADIES AGAINST HIV/AIDS (OAFLA) AT THE AFRICA UNION COMMISSION IN ADDIS ABABA, ETHIOPIA ON 31ST JANUARY, 2016. Excellencies, Distinguished Guests, Ladies and Gentlemen, Good morning. It gives me great pleasure to share with you the progress, successes and challenges we have faced, in our efforts towards achieving the national and international health action plans for the elimination of new HIV infections among children, and overall health for all. This morning, we come together to take stock, refocus our commitment and collectively seek ways to overcome the challenges, and identify sustainable and scalable action areas. Today, we have the opportunity to galvanise political leadership to pay more attention to the unacceptable loss of lives of women and children. We have both the evidence, and knowledge of the high returns in investment in health, and the positive impact on poverty reduction and stimulus to economic growth. Though there has been tremendous progress in the prevention of new infections among children in Kenya, we still face challenges. At present, we have 13,000 new HIV infection cases every year among children. 11,000 children living with HIV die annually due to lack of access to antiretroviral treatments; 87,000 HIV positive women are pregnant annually. Women remain most affected by HIV and we have a role to play by using our networks to attract more multi-sectoral collaborations. We are all part of the African village, and that is why, through the African Union, we have OAFLA. This organization focuses on harnessing the vantage positions of First Ladies to advance issues of Maternal and Child health including HIV. Ladies and Gentlemen, allow me to share with you a few concrete interventions Kenya has made towards the elimination of new paediatric HIV. As a signatory to the Global Plan for Elimination of Pediatric HIV launched in 2011, Kenya has engaged partnerships at national and international levels to mobilise and avail resources and
technical support for prevention of mother to child transmissions. I
believe this has been replicated across many African countries. Kenya, last year, contributed USD 2 million to the global Fund basket and another USD 20 million as counterpart funding for HIV activities. I thank H.E. the President of Kenya for his commitment to accelerate HIV prevention and treatment by launching the global ALL IN Campaign in 2015. The campaign calls us to action to listen, involve and include young people in initiatives to reduce AIDSrelated deaths and new HIV infections. Ladies and gentlemen. As you may recall, three years ago in 2013, I committed to add voice and action through the Beyond Zero Campaign. The campaign focuses on maternal, neo natal and child health. It also prioritizes HIV testing, prevention, treatment and care. Today we have witnessed an increase in commitment for support at local and international levels, an increase in awareness, and positive policy level interventions. Through a unique partnership with private sector, national and county governments, international organisations, individual philanthropists, media and civil society, we have mobilized resources which have funded the delivery of mobile clinics equipped with medical kits to 36 out of 47 counties. The mobile clinics support national health delivery interventions by making health services more accessible to marginalized communities in Kenya. Ladies and Gentlemen On March 6th, I will run in the 3rd Edition of the First Ladys Half Marathon in Nairobi, to which you are all invited. I will run with women, men and children from all over Kenya, to raise funds for more mobile clinics and to broaden the scope of the Beyond Zero Campaign in order to honour our pledge to fight HIV. Finally, I will continue to add my voice to call for cervical, breast and prostate cancer screening and more importantly, towards paediatric cancer care. I will also continue to support innovative approaches towards better health services and to address issues of health financing as a means of achieving the SDGs. I thank you for your attention.
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