On the sidelines of the 72nd session of the United Nations General Assembly, the Organization of African First Ladies on HIV / AIDS (OPDAS) organized a high-level meeting on global partnership on Tuesday, September 19th 2017 to harness the demographic dividend in Africa.

Therefore, two panels were organized under two themes: « Implementing the African Union Roadmap to Harness the Demographic Dividend in Africa: Ensuring Youth-Friendly Health Services Where They Are Necessary And « Implementing the African Union Roadmap to Harness the Population Dividend in Africa: Ending AIDS by 2030. »

Invited to give her vision during this panel, the First Lady of Côte d’Ivoire, Mrs. Dominique Ouattara said: « … It is clear that the youth of our continent remains vulnerable. They remain exposed to a certain extent to precariousness, to the low level of education, as well as to the lack of health care for certain pathologies « , noted Mrs. Ouattara.