First Lady Margaret Kenyatta met South African singer Yvonne Chaka Chaka and they agreed to work together to fight the HIV/AIDS stigma.

The First lady said HIV stigma is an impediment to disclosure of HIV status, prevention services and open discussion of the ailment. She spoke when Chaka Chaka paid her a courtesy call at State House Nairobi.

“We should keep on talking and talking about the disease to increase access to HIV information and services and therefore reduce stigma,” the First Lady said.

Ms. Yvonne, who is also Africa’s Millennium Development Goals (MDGS) Ambassador, praised the First Lady for her commitment to reduce preventable diseases among women and children through the “Beyond Zero” campaign. Which led her to win the 2014 United Nations in Kenya Person of the Year award.

Yvonne pledged to partner with the First Lady in her endeavors to reduce deaths among women and children from preventable causes. Yvonne was accompanied by her adopted son, 11 year old Kenyan boy Elijah Zacchary Lamaiyan Simel, Junior Ambassador, who is an HIV patient living on ARV’s.

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