23 June is recognized as Africa Public Service Day which reflects on the virtue of public and community service. #APSD originates from the first Pan African Conference of Ministers of Public and Civil Service held in Tangier, Morocco in 1994 where it was resolved that...
Recently, Africa REACH Leadership Council member and Youth Envoy for the African Union Commission Chido Cleopatra Mpemba successfully presented and defended a request on behalf of young people across the continent. The Office of the Youth Envoy has been institutionalized by the African Union, an...
Africa REACH Leadership Council Members using their platforms to advocate for menstrual equity....
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10CwcmaZrlg Towards the end of World Immunization Week 2023, Africa REACH spoke with Pofessor Linda Gai-Bekker, CEO of the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation about the fight for the HIV vaccine. In the video, Prof. Bekker mentions that in the absence of a vaccine, we should continue to...
On International Women's Day, the Business Council for International Understanding (BCIU) convened a virtual roundtable featuring Africa REACH Leadership Council member H.E. Toyin Saraki where she focused on the importance of accessible and quality healthcare for women and girls across the globe. During the roundtable...
World AIDS Day 1 December 2022, Worldwide This World AIDS Day, the Africa REACH Leadership Council is calling on African communities, governments and the private sector to come together in the fight against HIV, particularly around creating a new continental agenda around ending AIDS in children and...
5-7 October 2022 What was the Objective of the Meeting? The International Workshop on Adolescents and HIV, hosted by Virology Education, took place from the 5- 7 October 2022 and had over 250 participants from international and regional civil society, academia and the private sector in attendance....
Optimising on youth voices to support ending Paediatric AIDS in Africa On August 24th, Africa REACH hosted a youth engagement event in collaboration with ViiV Healthcare and the Desmond Tutu Health Foundation, under the theme ‘Optimising on Youth Voices to support Ending Pediatric AIDS in Africa.’ What...
29 June 2022- Virtual The Africa REACH initiative led by the Leadership Council Chair, H.E Mrs. Monica Geingos-the First Lady of Namibia and President of OAFLAD, invited multiple African leaders from different industries and sectors to join the first ever African-owned and African-led council which focuses...