Kenya intends to achieve a less than five per cent mother-to-child HIV transmission rate by 2020,
First Lady Margaret Kenyatta has said.
The First Lady said as a mother, her hope is to see a generation free of HIV in her lifetime.
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Margaret said she will not renege on the pledge she made at the 2013 OAFLA General Assembly to join the frontline in the war against HIV/Aids.
“What motivated me then, and has continued to drive my focus and energy, were the desperate stories of unnecessary deaths of women and children across the country,” she told the 20th Ordinary General Assembly of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/Aid (OAFLA) in Ethiopia.
Fifteen other First Ladies from across the continent attended the session on Monday.
The First Lady noted she has continued to support policy and advocate for increased resource investment on HIV prevention.
She said she has also pushed for treatment and care through her Beyond Zero Initiative and as patron of the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Keeping Mothers Alive Campaign.
Margaret launched a new framework in June last year for strong multi-level leadership, advocacy and resilient programming at all levels.
“The elimination of mother to child transmission of HIV and syphilis continues to be my focus in the next Beyond Zero Strategic Framework 2018 to 2022,” she said.
She shared a short video of how Beyond Zero has impacted the lives of women, men and children across Kenya.
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