This study seeks to track progress ahead of the 25th Anniversary of the Beijing Declaration 1995 and 10-year countdown to the SDGs by 2030 in relation to SRHR and reduction in EUP as they affect adolescent girls (aged 10–19 years) in the EAC and SADC Member States.
CPC is hoping to explore new ways to connect and to engage with children in times of quarantine, lockdown, and school closure. To that end, CPC is commissioning a consultancy about innovative, safe child participation.
The Union warns the COVID-19 pandemic must not divert attention from the needs of children and adolescents in TB-endemic African countries.
EANNASO through its Amplifychange project on “increasing the engagement of adolescent girls and young women towards improved access to SRH services in Eastern Africa” Is looking to hire a consultant to conduct desk review audit on SRHR policies, legislation and strategies in six East African countries.
PRESS RELEASE
DAKAR/GENEVA, 16 January 2019—At a high-level meeting in Dakar, Senegal, UNAIDS, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) and the World Health Organization (WHO) urged countries in western and central Africa to do more to stop new HIV infections among children and adolescents and increase HIV testing and treatment coverage.
In 2017, around 67 000 children (aged 0–9 years) and 69 000 adolescents (aged 10–19 years) became newly infected with HIV. Two thirds (46 000) of adolescents newly infected with the virus were girls. While progress has been seen in stopping new HIV infections among children in some countries—eleven countries registered a reduction of more than 35% between 2010 and 2017*—others, including Nigeria, which has the largest epidemic in the region, experienced no declines at all.
UNFPA Regional Office for East and Southern Africa is in the process of establishing a secretariat for the African Coalition for Menstrual Health Management (ACMHM). The Communications Officer will lead all communication tasks on an operational level manage communications activities associated with the coalition.
