Africa: African First Ladies’ Organization agrees to take on Maternal, Child Health

Ugandan First Lady, Janet Kataha Museveni, today presided over an important session of the meeting of African First Ladies, devoted to the theme of the debate that Heads of State had just concluded on “Promoting Maternal, Infant and Child Health and Development in Africa". The move was seen as a strategic success and welcome to governments and organizations promoting maternal and child health in Africa, because African First Ladies have traditionally focused their work on HIV and AIDS their umbrella organization: Organisation for African First Ladies Against AIDS (OAFLA).