Mrs Kagame’s leadership in health promotion

The First Lady, Jeannette Kagame, was this week honoured with a Leadership Award by the by Global Health Progress Initiative, in recognition of her outstanding efforts in promoting health care. During the ceremony, Mrs Kagame was celebrated as a role model, in offering leadership to the improvement of the health sector not just in Rwanda but continentally. She is especially recognized for her efforts in the fight against HIVAIDS, having developed the national plan of action for the protection and care of families against HIV, through a family package aimed at prevention of mother to child infection. The award comes at an appropriate time, when we celebrate the Mother and Child Health Week, with Mrs Kagame, in her speech at the launch of the campaign, emphasizing the need for concerted efforts to reduce maternal and child mortality rates. She also called upon women in leadership to sensitise other women on maternal related issues.