The General Assembly of OAFLA including the meetings of the Steering Committee and the Technical Advisors, will be held between the 30th January 2010 and 1st February 2010 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, hosted by the current President of OAFLA, the first lady of Ethiopia Her Excellency W/o Azeb Mesfin. The major focus of this General Assembly will be to launch the strategic plan that was adopted at the sub-regional and country level including the PMTCT initiative. Zambia has already initiated this process through the Maternity Protection Act as a strategy to promote PMTCT with the SADCC countries. The secretariat has participated in this initiative actively and hopes that Zambia can share its experiences with all OAFLA members. During this meeting OAFLA members will also focus on a realistic goal of developing a plan of action in order to launch initiatives that are included in the strategic plan, assess the feasibility and discuss the mobilization of resources for this plan.

The Technical advisors meeting will take place on January 31st 2010, followed by the Steering Committee on February 1st 2010. The meeting of the First Ladies will take place on February 2nd 2010.

2010 Agenda for the General Assembly of OAFLA

Agenda will include the following:
1.    Discussion and final resolution on the permanent secretariat of OAFLA
2.    Membership fees and the way forward towards sustaining and maintaining the contribution of member countries
3.    Increasing the participation of OAFLA member countries
4.    Reports from member countries on their activities
5.    Resource mobilization for OAFLA activities
6.    Report from Zambia on their launch of the Maternity Protection Act as a strategy to promote PMTCT