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Eritrea at the UN: Rebuilding Towards a Fresh Narrative
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Sophia Tesfamariam from Eritrea is one of only a handful of African female Permanent Representatives of their countries to the UN in New York. In
Africa Renewal’s series profiling the African women representing their countries at UN Headquarters, she spoke with Zipporah Musau about her priorities, the challenges so far and why she is keen on bringing a fresh narrative of her country to the world. Here are excerpts:
Can you tell us a little bit about yourself?
I consider myself lucky. I’m a mother of three, happily married for 30 years, and doing my very best for my country as its Permanent Representative at the UN.
World Aids Day is marked on 1st December every year to raise awareness about the disease. The Joint United Nations Programme on HIV/Aids (UNAids) is the UN entity tasked with fighting HIV infections, discrimination and Aids-related deaths.
Africa Renewal’s Zipporah Musau spoke with the executive director of UNAids, Winnie Byanyima, about the organisation’s priorities and its response to Covid-19 in Africa: Here are the excerpts:
Winnie Byanyima, UNAids executive director (left)
How has the Covid-19 pandemic affected those living with HIV in Africa?
Winnie Byanyima: There is evidence that the Aids-related death toll could double in Sub-Saharan Africa from 2020 to 2021 if HIV services are severely disrupted – this would mean an additional 500,000 Aids-related deaths. But not only that, new infections among children through mother-to-child transmission could increase by even more than 100% in some countries in Africa. We could see the progress made in fighting Aids reversed by