In many countries of the world, AIDS continues to spread relentlessly causing much suffering to individuals, families and communities. In particular, women continue to get infected with HIV . Most of the common inexpensive antibiotics and other therapies used to manage women, whether infected or not, remain unavailable.
Many African families are poor and as a result, there are not able to afford health care and basic drugs needed to mange even simple opportunistic infections. Health services are in most cases inaccessible. Women continue to be widowers and have to go through challenges of widower hood often without support services such as counseling.

In response to these concerns, the organizers of the 10th SWAA Conference thought it fitting to adopt as the theme of the Conference," Empowering women for prevention, care and Treatment of HIV/AIDS: Strategies for Success. "

Women of Africa and elsewhere in the world, stakeholders and other parties will have the opportunity at this conference to:

• Provide SWAA members from 40 countries, people living with HIV/AIDS, and the partners opportunity to exchange and explorer ideas for the future direction of the organization.
• Create a space for sharing regional effective strategies, discuss challenges and strengthen networks for going actions .
• Provide opportunities for sharing hands on practical skills for grassroots community work .
• Forge a strong Pan African advocacy and lobbying point from which SWAA can continue to work as the voice for African women and children.