African Synergy Continually Waxing Strong

 After 15 years of existence, the Pan-African NGO created by Cameroon’s First Lady has extended its original action plan to benefit more people in distress.

“African Synergy Against AIDs and Suffering created in 2002 here in Yaounde through the initiative of the First Lady of Cameroon, Mrs Chantal Biya is still alive and existing effectively.”

This is a statement from the Executive Secretary of African Synergy, Jean Stéphane Biatcha as the non-governmental and non-profit organisation fêtes its 15 years humanitarian services, particularly to Africans.

Yesterday at the headquarters of African Synergy, Jean Stéphane Biatcha said the organisation is still doing its business as there is no change in terms of objectives and commitments. “Added to its original objectives, we are still very busy doing our humanitarian business.

There is no change about our commitments,” Jean Stéphane Biatcha underlined. The association created by Mrs Biya is not just still alive but actively involved in its three main original objectives to curb mother-to-child transmission of HIV, contribute to the reduction of infant and maternal mortality in Africa and the education of the girl child as well as children in distress.

After 15 years, African Synergy has extended its activities to other domains such as pathologies, non-transmissible diseases, notably diabetes, heart attack and cancers.

Over 15 years, the association of African First Ladies continues to organise capacity –building seminars / workshops for healthcare professionals in six African countries within the efforts to prevent mother-to-child transmission of HIV, the creation of the International Research Centre for the Prevention and Management of HIV/AIDS and the AIDS-free Holidays campaign which exist since 2003 and which has been extended to other countries like Chad that is interested in the campaign.

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