About 140 delegates, including people from 21 countries in West and Central Africa along with facilitators and observers from at least another 10 countries, met in Yamoussoukro from April 8-12, 2002, to review the situation of orphans and other children made vulnerable by HIV/AIDS (OVC) in this region.

The outputs of the workshop included the development of an action plan by each country delegation, for implementation by their task team, and an inventory of action and resources needed at regional and global level to support their action plans.

The 5-day Yamoussoukro Workshop was a joint initiative of UNICEF, USAID, Family Health International, the International Save the Children Alliance and UNAIDS, in line with the commitments made at the UN General Assembly Special Session on HIV/AIDS, 10 months earlier.