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SWAA GHANA PARTICIPATES IN THE 16TH ICASA CONFERENCE
 On 17 and 18 November, the President of SWAA Ghana, Ms. Nancy Ansah and the Immediate Pats President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo,joined 129 people from 24 countries and 4 continents gatheredThe President Attends the International Female Condom Conference
 On 17 and 18 November, the President of SWAA Ghana, Ms. Nancy Ansah and the Immediate Pats President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo,joined 129 people from 24 countries and 4 continents gatheredUNFPA and SWAA Ghana Organises Capacity Workshop For Kayayee
 Accra, Oct. 12, GNA – Ms Nancy Ansah, President of the Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) Ghana, has noted that the global population increase of seven billion has necessitated the need to improve women’s reproductive health.The President Participates in the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission
 The President, Ms. Nancy Ansah, honoured an invitation to The Gambia to participate in a forum on the participation of NGOs in the 50th Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and People's Rights and the 24th African Human Rights Book Fair.SWAA Ghana HIV Clubs in Tertiary Institutions
 SWAA Ghana, with support from the Global Fund, has formed 4 HIV clubs in four tertiary institutions in Ghana namely; University of Development Studies |
SWAA GHANA PARTICIPATES IN THE 16TH ICASA CONFERENCE
The conference was organized by the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) under the theme “Own, Scale-Up and Sustain”. SWAA Ghana was represented by the President, Ms. Nancy Ansah, the Treasurer, Ms. Angelina Ephraim and the Immediate Past President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo. Ms. Lucy Mensah, a SWAA member and President of Women United Against AIDS in Ghana (WUAAG) was also at ICASA, 2011. The 16th ICASA conference was well attended by over 7,000 participants from around the world. Heads of States, Ministers, First Ladies, heads of civil society organizations and various policy makers in the area of HIV and Reproductive Health were present. His Excellency W. Bush, Ex-President of the United States of America was the Guest of Honour. He was accompanied by his wife. The Ex-President was honoured for instituting PEPFAR which saved millions of lives who otherwise would have died of AIDS. The main advocacy issue at the conference was the need for African countries to increase domestic/government funding for HIV & AIDS which will ensure ownership of HIV & AIDS programming; prevention, treatment, care and support.  This is crucial in the wake of the cancellation of Global Fund round 11. Countries were called upon to ensure that the gains made in fighting HIV & AIDS are not eroded. At the end, the Global fund assured all People Living with HIV that though the Global Fund round 11 is cancelled, the Global Fund will ensure that everybody on treatment continues to be on treatment.
At the conference, SWAA Ghana participated in networking activities; AWDF lunch with partners, SAA’s strategic planning launch and SWAA International meeting. The SWAA International meeting was critical for SWAA Ghana and other SWAA delegates to make suggestions on the way forward for SWAA International. It was announced that SWAA International will hold its biennial conference in Zambia in September, 2012. The Society for Women and AIDS in Africa (SWAA) Ghana, with travel grant from the Global Fund for Women, USA, participated in the just ended 16th International Conference on HIV/AIDS & STIs in Ethiopia, Addis Ababa from December 4-8, 2011. The conference was organized by the Society for AIDS in Africa (SAA) under the theme “Own, Scale-Up and Sustain”. SWAA Ghana was represented by the President, Ms. Nancy Ansah, the Treasurer, Ms. Angelina Ephraim and the Immediate Past President, Mrs. Cecilia Senoo. Ms. Lucy Mensah, a SWAA member and President of Women United Against AIDS in Ghana (WUAAG) was also at ICASA, 2011. The 16th ICASA conference was well attended by over 7,000 participants from around the world. Heads of States, Ministers, First Ladies, heads of civil society organizations and various policy makers in the area of HIV and Reproductive Health were present. His Excellency W. Bush, Ex-President of the United States of America was the Guest of Honour. He was accompanied by his wife. The Ex-President was honoured for instituting PEPFAR which saved millions of lives who otherwise would have died of AIDS. The main advocacy issue at the conference was the need for African countries to increase domestic/government funding for HIV & AIDS which will ensure ownership of HIV & AIDS programming; prevention, treatment, care and support. This is crucial in the wake of the cancellation of Global Fund round 11. Countries were called upon to ensure that the gains made in fighting HIV & AIDS are not eroded. At the end, the Global fund assured all People Living with HIV that though the Global Fund round 11 is cancelled, the Global Fund will ensure that everybody on treatment continues to be on treatment. At the conference, SWAA Ghana participated in networking activities; AWDF lunch with partners, SAA’s strategic planning launch and SWAA International meeting. The SWAA International meeting was critical for SWAA Ghana and other SWAA delegates to make suggestions on the way forward for SWAA International. It was announced that SWAA International will hold its biennial conference in Zambia in September, 2012.
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