The Joint UN Programme on HIV and AIDS (UNAIDS) has appointed Nigeria’s first lady, Hajiya Aisha Buhari, as UNAIDS Special Ambassador for the Elimination of Mother-to-Child Transmission of HIV and Promotion of Treatment for Children living with HIV in Nigeria.
Charles-Martin Jjuuko, Communications and Global Outreach Officer, UNAIDS Nigeria made this known in a statement issued on Saturday, March 17, in Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
According to him, Executive Director and Under Secretary General of the United Nations, Michel Sidibé, is to issue the official appointment to Aisha Buhari on Monday, March 19 in Abuja.
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He said the appointment to Mrs Buhari was in recognition of her passion in the advocacy for the rights of vulnerable women and girls in the country.
Jjuuko noted that in her new role, Aisha Buhari will advocate for increased access to antenatal care services, HIV testing for all pregnant women and their linkage to adequate care.
NAIJ.com previously reported that the wife of the president urged Nigerians to make the abduction of girls in parts of the country the focal point of the recently observed 2018 International Women’s Day.
In a message posted on her Facebook page, the president’s wife described this year’s celebration as one with a difference.
This is as she noted that the day was being marked not long after the abduction of the Dapchi schoolgirls.
Mrs Buhari announced that as a strong call for the end of such abductions, she had developed a local theme, ‘Leave Our Daughters Alone’.
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Source: Naija.ng
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