The Francophone MAQ Subcommittee Seeks Effective Ways to Integrate HIV/AIDS Prevention into Family Planning/Reproductive Health Programs
Executive Bureau Meeting
From 19-22 February 2001, members of the Executive Bureau, the governing body of the Francophone MAQ Subcommittee, met at the Intrah/PRIME Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal. The purpose of the meeting was to operationalize the Subcommittee and to explore the most effective ways to integrate STI (sexually transmitted infection)/HIV/AIDS prevention into family planning/reproductive health programs. Local leaders in the fight against HIV/AIDS gave presentations and held panel discussions to update participants on specific lessons learned from HIV/AIDS/FP/RH integration activities that have already been conducted in West Africa. At the end of the meeting, the Executive Bureau mapped out a series of concrete objectives and activities for the Subcommittee to undertake.
Professor A. Gaye-Diallo presented a profile of STI/HIV/AIDS interventions in West Africa.
Chris Davis and Penda Ndiaye during a meeting session.
Left to right, Executive Bureau members: Penda Ndiaye, Robert Leke, Khadidiatou Maïkibi
Members of the Executive Bureau of the Francophone MAQ Subcommittee and some of their colleagues at the Intrah/PRIME Regional Office in Dakar, Senegal, in February 2001.
