Historic day! Over 44 african countries have signed the agreement on the African continental Free Trade Area, Creating One African Market #AfCFTA2018 #KigaliDeclaration #kigali #Makinghistory #AfricaWeWant #proudlyRwandan #proudlyAfrican #AUSummit #AUSummit 2018

The last two days have been exciting & worthwhile.

We exchanged ideas with colleagues working in #NTDs , governments, champions, stakeholders in the health space & met new partners at the #KigaliSummit 🌍

The #KigaliDeclaration to #beatNTDs was launched. Onwards & upwards! 🎉

5 historical days in #Kigali #Africa -n leaders made a dream come true.
44 nations signed the Agreement on the Free Continental Trade Area, 43 nations signed #Kigali Declaration and 27 nations signed the Protocol on Free Movement of People.
#Africa WeWant
#AfCFTA2018
#Rwot

The #KigaliDeclaration calls for political will & resource mobilization to achieve the goals of the World Health Organization (WHO) Roadmap on #NTDs .

Investing in NTDs means advancing medical innovation & R&D to facilitate the availability of medicines & diagnostics for neglected patients. #BeatNTDs

1.7 B people Globally continue to suffer from NTDs that are preventable & treatable. We need to #ActNow & #ActTogether . We call on World leaders to invest in Neglected #NTDs , sign the #KigaliDeclaration on NTDs & pledge commitments.
#WorldNTDDay
#100percentCommitted
#BeatNTDs

Finally 44 countries have signed the #AfCFTA , 43 countries signed the #KigaliDeclaration while 27 have put their signature on the Protocol of Free Movement of People. I can only say a big CONGRATULATION to African Union #AfCFTA 2018

#BrahimGhali , President of #SaharawiRepublic #WesternSahara 🇪🇭 just signed the #AfCFTA2018 and the #KigaliDeclaration

#Morocco did not sign any instruments yet.

March 21, 2018, history in the making! More than 40 African countries will be signing the #Kigali declaration #AfCFTA2018 and Free Movement agreement #Kigali ConventionCentre #AfricaWeWant #Kigali

#KigaliDeclaration “Pharma greed is killing HIV+ children and we demand affordable medicines” - young people presenting to Ambassador Birx the realities of youth, adolescent girls and women leading the HIV response in Africa. Frontline AIDS Zvandiri @Yplus_network Tumie SA

Nice to see how happy and pleased the Hon. Ministers Sam Kutesa Amelia Kyambadde #Kigali as 44 out of 55 member states signed the #AfCFTA , 43 signed the #Kigali Declaration 27 signed Protocol on Free Movement of Persons, effectively sealing continental economic integration

Progress stalled on preventing vertical transmission of #HIV & more than half of children do not have access to testing & treatment of #HIV . This is such a blot on the global HIV response in 2020! See demands from #KigaliDeclaration 👇🏾healthgap.org/children-with-… #HIV 2020

Remember the #KigaliDeclaration 2019: #Children mustn’t shift to periphery of the #HIV agenda. Join Health GAP GNP+ MSF International at an Advocacy Strategy Session. Register today: docs.google.com/forms/d/1tCnXD… SAfAIDS REPSSI RIATT-ESA SAfAIDS Eswatini Country Office Children Affected by AIDS - Sabrina Erné Aidsfonds International Save the Children International

Over 40 #African countries are now signing the #ACFTA2018 in #Kigali and around 40 also expected to sign the #Kigali Declaration while over 20 will sign the agreement on the free movement of people. #AfricaOnTheMove . African Union

We invite all leading voices in Africa to stand behind the #KigaliDeclaration , ensuring over 600 million people at risk of #NeglectedTropicalDiseases in Africa can thrive.Retweet & tag 3 others in this message. gameofourliv.es/ThriveAfrica KenedyTheRemedy 🇹🇿 POWER MABULAH Gaure

Congratulations to Kenya!Such a great commitment in domestic financing (2.4B shillings) 4 Neglected Tropical Diseases elimination agenda is a leading example in country ownership of NTDs program-echoed in the World Health Organization (WHO) NTD roadmap 21-30 &the #Kigalideclaration 2 #BeatNTDs . Uniting to Combat Neglected Tropical Diseases

Dialogue Works #KigaliDeclaration was handed over to the Chief Justice of Kenya, #MarthaKarambuKoome during the #AfricaChildrenSummit . The key messages from the Declaration? Find them here: dialogue-works.com/wp-content/upl…

#SeenHeardEngaged
Office of Chief Justice Kenya @AfCiC ‏ً Kindernothilfe Terre des Hommes

Incredible progress made to #BeatNTDs but to reach World Health Organization (WHO) roadmap goals we must be #100PercentCommitted . I am PROUD of my President, H. E Samia Suluhu affirmed #Tanzania Commitment by being among first 3 Presidents to sign #KigaliDeclaration on Neglected Tropica Diseases (NTDs).

Great to join #BeatNTDs and #ZeroMalaria partners at #WHA75 for a briefing on the #KigaliDeclaration as we enter the one-month countdown to the #KigaliSummit . We are #100percentcommitted to #EndtheNeglect and achieve #HealthForAll

Wake up, our children are dying!! Sign the #KigaliDeclaration !

makemedicinesaffordable.org/en/wake-up-our…

Make Meds Affordable
#ICASA2019Rwanda
#UniversalHealthCoverage

Historians and others will no doubt get to work on the Lagos Plan of Action and the Abuja Treaty which underpin the negotiations since 2012, culminating in today’s event in #Kigali . As of now, 50 countries have signed either the #AfCFTA legal instruments or the #Kigali Declaration