Meeting of Regional Economic Communities on implementation of the African Union Roadmap on Shared Responsibility and Global Solidarity for AIDS, TB and Malaria Response in Africa (2012–2015)

Published on Thursday, 29 May 2014 14:02 The Meeting of Regional Economic Communities on implementation of the African Union Roadmap on Shared Responsibility and Global Solidarity for AIDS, TB and Malaria Response in Africa (2012–2015) was jointly convened by AUC, UNAIDS (Liaison Office to the AU and UNECA) & UNDP RSC (Africa) on 29 May, 2014 at Nouakchott, Mauritania. Inaugurated by the Secretary General of the Mauritania CNLS, the AUC Head of Division and the Director UNAIDS (Liaison Office to the AU and UNECA), the meeting hosted a Member of Parliament from Burundi, representatives of RECs, and partner organizations including the WHO Regional Office for West & Central Africa. The meeting deliberated on aligning the RECs’ implementation plans to the AUC Roadmap and discussed the status of different RECs with respect to their progress. The meeting ended with agreement of a follow-up meeting of AU, the RECs, UNAIDS and UNDP in November 2014.