MEETING: African First Ladies Health Summit
20-21 APRIL 2009 LOS ANGELES
Organizers: USDAF, RAND, Vital Voices Global Partnership, White Ribbon Alliance, ONE and UCLA; lead sponsors include Procter & Gamble and General Electric.
Event date: 20-21 April 2009
Venue: RAND Corporation
US Doctors for Africa and African Synergy, an NGO of 22 First Ladies from Africa, have announced their first-ever Leadership For Health Summit, honoring the philanthropic efforts of the First Ladies of Africa. This closed summit will be held in Los Angeles, CA, on April 20-21, 2009, and will focus on maternal health, as well as girls' education and HIV/AIDS related issues throughout Africa.
During this summit, the First Ladies of Africa will introduce their domestic and region-wide efforts across Africa, engage in dialogues with other leaders from the field of global health, and identify actionable goals for the coming year. The Summit will be held in Los Angeles, California, and will be followed by a Gala evening event and fundraiser. Summit participation is by invitation-only.
The First Lady of Burkina Faso H.E. Mrs Chantal Compaoré, Mrs Sarah Brown, the First Lady of Britain, and Mrs Maria Shriver the First Lady of California will also be present at the event.
Other organizing partners include: OneCampaign, Africa.com, Africare, Global Health Council, the David & Lucille Packard Foundation, Pfizer, Procter & Gamble's Children's Safe Drinking Water Program, Until There's A Cure Foundation, Vital Voices Global Partnership, White Ribbon Alliance, Women Deliver and the World Health Organization as well as corporate sponsors, Chevron, General Electric, ExxonMobil and the RAND Corporation.