Upon arrival at Harare International Airporton 23 May, Zimbabwean Deputy Prime Minister Honourable Thokozani Khupe welcomed Mr Sidibé to the country. In addition to being a member of Cabinet, Ms Khupe is the President of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa.
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Shortly after his arrival in Harare on 23 May, the UNAIDS Executive Director visited the Epworth Poly Clinic in Harare to see Zimbabwe’s efforts in bringing integrated health and social services to eliminate new HIV infections among children and keeping mothers alive. PMTCT services inZimbabwe have been scaled-up considerably in the past few years. Government figures show that in 2011, an estimated 45 623 pregnant women were HIV-positive and out that total, 44 770 (98%) received antiretroviral prophylaxis.
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Mr Sidibé holds a baby during a tour of Epworth Poly Clinic in Harareon 23 May. The clinic is one of 1560 facilities in the country that provide integrated maternal and child health services, including antenatal care, HIV counselling and testing, PMTCT interventions, early infant diagnosis, immunization, reproductive health counselling and nutritional support. The clinic promotes male involvement through its partnership with Padare, a social practice that brings together traditional and local leaders, grandfathers, fathers, uncles and brothers to discuss issues related to gender equality and HIV prevention, including among children.
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Mr Sidibé talks with Fortunate Gombwe at Epworth Poly Clinic in Harareon 23 May. Her four children (two pictured with her) were born HIV free. She tested positive for HIV five and half years ago when she came to the clinic for antenatal care for her third child. She received antiretroviral prophylaxis during her two consecutive pregnancies and gave birth seven months ago to her fourth child. “When my husband and I first found out about our HIV status he refused to take ARVs. I had to be very strong and it took a lot of energy to convince him but I was very clear about what I wanted for my family. Every mother wants a healthy child more than anything else in the world,” said Fortunate.
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Group picture at the launch of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa meeting in Harareon 24 May. This women-led initiative will provide a strategic platform to accelerate HIV prevention and sexual and reproductive health and rights responses for women and girls in sub-SaharanAfrica. From left to right: Mr Michel Sidibe, UNAIDS Executive Director; HE Morgan Tsvangirai, Prime Minister of Zimbabwe; Ms Shitaye Minale, Deputy Speaker of the House of People's Representatives of Ethiopia; Dr Navanethem Pillay, United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights; Hon Thokozani Khupe, Deputy Prime Minister of Zimbabwe; HE Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe.
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HE Robert Mugabe, President of Zimbabwe, addresses delegates at the inaugural meeting of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa in Harare, 24 May.
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Dr Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala, Minister of Finance of Nigeria, delivers the keynote address at the inaugural meeting of the GlobalPOWER Women Network Africa inHarare, 24 May. In her remarks, she told participants that a country’s progress is linked to the health of its female population. "Any country that neglects investing in women and girls should not expect real growth. It is smart economics to invest in girls’ education, health and social well-being as no woman should die of [AIDS] and child birth.”

“This inaugural meeting of the GlobalPower Women Network Africa comes at a critical time. It is perfectly positioned as a strategic political platform to advance innovative approaches that positively impact the lives of women and girls in Africa—and not just in relation to HIV but also to promote sexual and reproductive health and rights and zero tolerance for gender-based violence.” Mr Sidibé in his opening remarks at the GlobalPOWER Woman Network Africa meeting in Harareon 24 May.
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Zimbabwean Prime minister Morgan Tsvangirai and the UNAIDS Executive Director discuss Zimbabwe’s progress in its response to the HIV epidemic. Zimbabwe has achieved one of the sharpest HIV prevalence declines in Southern Africa, from 27% in 1997 to just over 14% in 2010.
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