The Nairobi Summit on the International Conference on Population and Development (ICPD 25) was officially opened on 12 November 2019, with a call to accelerate the promise that was made in 1994 in Cairo. The summit presented a threshold of a new dawn in the ongoing fight for women and girls’ sexual reproductive health and rights. The Conference discussed the unfinished business of the ICPD, marking 25 years since I7...

Lusaka, Zambia: More than 100 children and young people with disabilities put on their running shoes and ran alongside United Nations staff from over 14 African Countries, during the official opening of the 12th UN All Africa Games hosted by Zambia from 11-12 October 2019. The participation of children and young people with disabilities at the UN Games was part of in-country activities to commemorate the 25th annive...

Lusaka, Zambia: First Lady of the Republic of Zambia Mrs Esther Lungu has launched the #YoungSmartSafe #HIVfree campaign in Lusaka, which she has described as a key initiative towards ending HIV as a public health threat by 2030, especially among adolesceets and young people.  Speaking at the official launch, Mrs. Lungu said Zambia has entered a new dawn as far as HIV prevention is concerned because the country has...