Singer Bebe Cool born Moses Ssali will be attending the United Nations High Level Meeting on Tuberculosis (UNHLM) which will be held at United Nations Headquarters in New York on 23 -27 September 2018.
The singer has today flown out of the country ahead of the high level meeting.
This follows Bebe Cool’s nomination by the Geneva Partners United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) in conjunction with Uganda as the Tuberculosis (TB) Ambassador for Uganda.
Bebe Cool will be tasked with raising awareness about Tuberculosis and sensitizing Ugandans about the killer disease.
In the New York meeting, Bebe Cool will be interfacing with international high level health funders from across the globe in a bid to lobby for funds to eradicate this killer disease.
Upon being nominated as TB Ambassador for Uganda, Bebe Cool said, “To support the USTP, Ministry of Health and UNOPS in the campaign to end Tuberculosis in Uganda is a big responsibility that I and many Ugandans should embark on to save lives that are lost each passing day because of this killer disease.”
He added, “Am proud to take on this responsibility for my motherland Uganda.”
