Salma Kikwete (born 30 November 1963) is a Tanzanian educator, activist, and politician who served as the First Lady of Tanzania from 2005 to 2015 as the wife of Tanzanian President

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. Salma Kikwete originally worked as a teacher for more than twenty years. In 2005, the government launched a national campaign for voluntary

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testing in

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. Salma Kikwete and her husband were among the first in the country to be tested. As of 2009, she was Vice President of the Eastern Region of the Organisation of African First Ladies against HIV/AIDS (OAFLA). In 2012, the First Lady Salma Kikwete, former

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and ten other African figures partnered with

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and

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to support the Eastern and Southern Africa Commitment on HIV Prevention and Sexual Health for Young People, which was launched in November 2011. Kikwete also founded the ''Wanawake na Maendeleo'', or Women in Development (WAMA), a

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which promotes development among women and children. Over a year after her husband left office, Salma Kikwete was appointed to a seat in the

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by President

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on 1 March 2017.Esther Karin Mngodo
"The Salma Kikwete story"
''The Citizen'', 3 March 2017.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kikwete, Salma 1963 births Living people First ladies of Tanzania Members of the National Assembly (Tanzania) Tanzanian educators HIV/AIDS activists Tanzanian health activists People from Lindi Region