Sunday, 17 July 2022

AHOA Occasional Bulletin, 2022 - No. 1

 

AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION

Civil Society Organizations [CSOs] coalition/network and think-tank for Health, Development Work, Sustainable Development, and Community and Development Systems Strengthening

EMAIL: afrihealthoptonet2@gmail.com Ph: +234 (0) 8034725905 Website: http//www.afrihealthcsos.org

Plot 520, FHA Estate, Lugbe, Airport Rd; P.O. Box 8880, Wuse, Abuja, Nigeria

 

AHOA Occasional Bulletin, 2022 - No. 1 No. 1

 

Excellency, 

 

TEN ISSUES FOR YOUR ATTENTION

 

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Members/Partners of AHOA were kindly requested to provide their information via the following link (if you have not done so, we humbly request you to complete this Google form)  

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Consider joining one AHOA Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) and/or one Projects Advisory Panels (PAPs) using the respective links provided below.

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Click on any of the respective link(s) below to post your message for the attention of the respective members/partners of AHOA

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Perspective on Development Work 

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Perspective on Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) in Development

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The Benefits to Members/Partners of Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA)

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AHOA Leadership - Chairpersons and Secretaries of Afrihealth Optonet Association’s Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) and Programmes Advisory Panels (PAPs) 2021-2022

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Thirty-Eight Events organized by AHOA during 2020 – present

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AHOA Editorial Team

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AHOA’s Membership/Partnership spread

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Selected Activities Photos

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INTRODUCTION

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) is a civil society organizations’ community-focused global networking coalition and think-tank of about 1000 organizations for the promotion of Development Work, Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Health - a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being; using partnership/collaboration, advocacy, research/evidence-generation, capacity development, outreaches, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as strategies. AHOA thrives in exploring the nexus between Health [PHC, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, NCDs, Vaccines and COVID-19 including prevention, treatment, impact mitigation, care and support]; Energy and Environment [biodiversity, environment, ecosystems, renewable energy, energy efficiency, conservation and climate change (BEEREEECCC)]; Nutrition/micronutrients and Food Security; and Gender, Democracy, Good Governance and Human Rights. AHOA’s target beneficiaries include rural and poor urban dwellers, marginalized, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations of women, children, adolescents, persons with disability, orphans and elderly. We use Partnerships and collaborations; Advocacy, communication/media and social/resource mobilization (ACSM); Research/evidence-generation including reviews, assessment, oversight, conferences, seminars, symposia and workshops; Capacity Development/Training and Organizational StrengtheningOutreaches and community engagements; and Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) as our PARCOM Strategy. Incorporated in 2003 as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered trustees, Afri-health Optonet Association has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC. 

 

 

We are pleased to present to you the following information about Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) and where/how we are inviting you to engage with us globally and in your region/country/community:

 

 

ONE. Members/Partners of AHOA were kindly requested to provide their information via the following link (if you have not done so, we humbly request you to complete this Google form):

 

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2jo7HwMvuqJOf8k0EojZNApadh3hAerWnqDdJ3JW2ByxYiA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

 

TWO. Consider joining one AHOA Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) and/or one Projects Advisory Panels (PAPs) using the respective links provided below.

 

The Terms of Reference (TOR)/Functions of AFRIHEALTH’S Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) and Projects Advisory Panels (PAPs) are:

 

  • Advise other TAGs and PAPs on the objectives and responses of its programmatic/thematic focus
  • Advise the CEO & Secretariat to leverage relevant regional and global initiatives (on data collection, misinformation, etc.)
  • Collate, translate, disseminate and orient Members/partners through AFRIHEALTH Secretariat/CEO, towards:

      Best practices and lessons in civil society and community-led responses, engagement and behavior change

      Existing technical guidance and tools

      Mapping of available assets and resources (partnerships, service providers, technical assistance, funds, grants, endowments, etc.)

  • Advise and work with the Secretariat/CEO in responding to calls for proposals and similar opportunities for institutional/members’ development and resource mobilization
  • Create standard checklist for civil society and community-related country/regional interventions and aspects of its work
  • Organize direct country support upon request and approval of the CEO/Secretariat
  • Advise the CEO/Secretariat in organizing upstream flow of social and behavioral data, community led monitoring, knowledge, insights and feedback
  • Document and submit reports of its activities and lessons learned over the preparedness and implementation period, to the Secretariat within 30 days of each activity

 

List and links to WhatsApp platforms of AFRIHEALTH’S Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) are:

1.         AIDS/HIV, TB, Malaria and COVID-19 <https://chat.whatsapp.com/FrCiXk5k2AtAQhVNHuPwlM>

2.        Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Environment, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Conservation and Climate Change (BEEREEECCC) <https://chat.whatsapp.com/HRbkauD7jjV3ZnQ5hx2NYx>

3.        Empowerment and Support to Civil Society and Communities <https://chat.whatsapp.com/FFzprVYqBpJ1MqZhXdn4j8>

4.        Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) <https://chat.whatsapp.com/CI2ZBiS7LRu2GzUtDHVH6U>

5.        Governance, Democracy and Development <https://chat.whatsapp.com/JuLBqvnYMS1FJ2IHyFAT9j>

6.        Health, Human Security and Food Security for All <https://chat.whatsapp.com/CODr97g0SuKKI5Dgx2vv01>

7.        Vaccines, Vitamins and Immunizations <https://chat.whatsapp.com/DaLkRciskqx0yNKgf2Z0GA>

 

List and links to WhatsApp platforms of AFRIHEALTH’S Projects Advisory Panels (PAPs) are:

i.                     Partnerships/Collaborations <https://chat.whatsapp.com/HHm7Y71AeMeKQPcnpuVZgY>

ii.                    Advocacy, Communications and Social/Resource Mobilization <https://chat.whatsapp.com/JsdBOgVs7ed90ATqSGa5gJ>

iii.                   Research/Evidence Generation <https://chat.whatsapp.com/JVSbLCAUifQ15AMg2VzRoy>

iv.                   Capacity Development and Education <https://chat.whatsapp.com/IYP8JEQHUOuLlFnGXZjiOX>

v.                    Outreaches <https://chat.whatsapp.com/BtWrOQwUnS252tCxQN6X2j>

vi.                   Monitoring, Evaluation (M&E) and Knowledge Management <https://chat.whatsapp.com/LLfSiDAuUvWH1h8o1p9QVZ>

 

 

THREE: Click on any of the respective link(s) below to post your message for the attention of the respective members/partners of AHOA:  

 

For regional/country specific/named platform, please click on the AFRIHEALTH Global link, your/one region/country and another region/country for peer reviews, if applicable (join max 3 links below)

 

 

AFRIHEALTH Global – Americas, Asia, Australasia, Caribbean, Europe, Middle East <https://chat.whatsapp.com/BJgAyb3tyO27eC1mHM1DRl>

 

AFRIHEALTH Africa <https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ji87M2e96Zn5SooS7osonN>

 

AFRIHEALTH North Africa Region <https://chat.whatsapp.com/GNnHYnpzrua5xgeECedEal>

 

AFRIHEALTH West and Central Africa Regions <https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ltd1h7ZbvzXHVBMxdlL7xm>

 

AFRIHEALTH Eastern and Southern Africa Regions <https://chat.whatsapp.com/IRlt8zk6sWD1ONmLjY2Cu5>

 

Nigeria <https://chat.whatsapp.com/K8vJzM5fGzDLUkUpMJmra4>

 

Health, Food and Human Security (HEFOSS link on Telegram): https://t.me/joinchat/HQnG4hL5xbTZaMHgCdhIBA

 

Telegram link for HEFOSS <https://t.me/+EvnFtLEEyBAJ2EgE>

 

Coalition on Vaccines, Vitamins, Minerals, and Immunizations for All (CoVIA) project <https://chat.whatsapp.com/IE5cwLxQpPt9XcciGav1gW>

 

Civil Society for Elimination of Gender-Based Violence (CS4EGBV) project <https://chat.whatsapp.com/FdvVf1ZlRePBVj8GOcQjMt>

 

Civil Society Actions on Climate, Energy and Biodiversity (CiSACEB) Programme <https://chat.whatsapp.com/F63WPn7NKurHAGSQ3Hcqle>

 

Telegram link for CS4EGBV <https://t.me/+TePBHn8xFSqXXA_h>

 

Facebook Platforms: Below are Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA)’s related links/platforms on Facebook: join them and share your stories and events to thousands of our members. Click on 'Like' and introduce yourself and your organization as you wish.

 

<https://web.facebook.com/afrihealthcsos>,

<https://web.facebook.com/Afrihealth-Information-ProjectsAfrihealth-Optonet-Association-558009520964055>,

<https://web.facebook.com/Society-for-Conserv-Sust-of-Energy-Environment-in-Nigeria-107672024034537>,

<https://web.facebook.com/hspconsultsnigeria>, <https://web.facebook.com/groups/afrihealthnigeria>

 

 

FOUR: DEVELOPMENT WORK means “the process(es) of formulating/conceptualizing, planning,  implementing, monitoring, evaluating, auditing, improving, and expanding valued or service-oriented social, economic, political and faith-related works/issues/services, programmes, projects, policies, practices, documentations, results, changes and items; in participatory/mainstreaming manners/approaches among humanity, indigenous people, citizens, those marginalized, in the communities and all the fields of human endeavour; including without limitation, all deliverables, materials, inventions, designs, notes, records, memoranda, documents, models, prototypes, scale-ups, and other materials, as well as all enhancements, derivatives, and modifications thereof, and all target, input, output, outcome, impact, and intellectual property thereto.”[1]

 

 

FIVE: 'SUSTAINABLE CITIZEN PARTICIPATION (SCP)' is a development model espoused by Afrihealth Optonet Association in 2017-18 in Nigeria's Niger Delta region; with funding support from the United Nations Democracy Fund (UNDEF). 

 

• Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) means that governments involve citizens in policies formulation, planning and execution of the society’s activities, such that citizens will be able to engage with their government and leaders on a regular and sustained basis; as currently, majority of the citizens are only able to interact with their governments/leaders at the latter’s leisure.


• Sustainable Citizen Participation (SCP) will entail the redistribution of power that enables the have-not citizens, presently excluded from the political and economic processes, to be deliberately included.  It is the strategy by which the have-nots join in determining how information is shared, goals and policies are set, tax resources are allocated, programs are operated, projects are designed, implemented, monitored and benefits like contracts and patronage are parceled out.  In short, it is the means by which they can induce significant social reform which enables them to share in the benefits of the affluent society.

 

 

SIX: The Benefits of belonging to Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - CSOs Coalition/Network and Think-tank

 

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) is a community-focused CSOs coalition/network and think-tank of about 1000 organizations especially in the global South promoting of Sustainable Citizens Participation in Development Work and Systems Strengthening for the achievement of Agenda 2030 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) and Agenda 2063; and exploring the nexus/interlinkages between Health [Universal Health Coverage, HIV/AIDS, TB, FP/RH and Malaria - prevention, treatment, impact mitigation, care and support]; Vaccinations/Immunizations; Preventing/Controlling poverty-related Diseases; Nutrition and Food Security; Energy and Environment (including renewable energy, energy efficiency, energy conservation, climate change, biodiversity and ecosystems); and Gender/Women and Girls, Empowerment, Good Governance, Democracy and Human Rights. Incorporated in Nigeria as a not-for-profit, non-religious and non-partisan registered trustees in 2003, AFRIHEALTH uses Partnerships/Collaborations (public-private partnerships or PPP); Advocacy and Mobilizations; Research/Evidence-Generation (reviews, assessment, oversight, conferences, symposiums, seminars); Capacity Development/Training and Organizational Strengthening; Outreaches/Community Interventions; and Monitoring and Evaluation (M&E) - called PARCOM Strategy to achieve its objectives. Its target/focus beneficiaries include rural and poor urban/suburban communities/settings, marginalized, vulnerable and disadvantaged populations/groups especially women, girls, widows, youth, children, adolescents, the elderly, poorest of the poor, infants and orphans. Afri-health Optonet Association has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC. 

 

The benefits of becoming a member/partner of AFRIHEALTH Optonet Association are by no means exhaustive, and include:

1.    Members/partners are able to broaden their base of support to submit proposals for funding and support, access opportunities and receive mutual benefits in the magnitude they could not gain individually or on their own;

2.    Individual members/partners from various countries and diverse cultures are provided with the platform and opportunity to engage and collaborate with each other for the greater good of all, while retaining their independence;

3.    Members/partners gain leverage and improve their negotiation results through the banding together of older, bigger and/or stronger organizations with other relatively newer, smaller and/or weaker ones in AFRIHEALTH; who are thereby able to harness/access the resources needed to successfully face tough situations;

4.    Members/partners can focus on their strengths while relying on the supports/strengths of other Network partners in other areas and still share in the accomplishments with other members/partners;

5.    Members/partners who might otherwise lose opportunities in competition with one another, shall now join forces to negotiate in a mutual, collective and organized manner with funders, development partners, international bodies, governments, embassies/foreign missions, businesses, political parties, etc. in a win-win situation for everyone;

6.    By combining efforts and sharing experiences and resources, AFRIHEALTH members/partners learn from each other, receive capacity building support, acquire new skills, and broaden their knowledge, income and abilities;

7.    By sharing resources, members/partners of AFRIHEALTH mutually benefit from the maxim of “the sum is often greater than the parts”, as shared resources often mean that the Network partners/members can overcome deficiencies together;

8.    Development requires money, people and time; and the increased number of organizations/people in the Network usually means that it will take shorter/less time and cost less to accomplish an objective with the combined effort;

9.    Different organizations/partners coming together in AFRIHEALTH shall provide diversity for each member-organization to broaden its reach and accomplishments by working with other organizations that are associated with the same or similar health and development issues or causes. 

 

 

SEVEN: AHOA Leadership - Chairpersons and Secretaries of Afrihealth Optonet Association’s Technical Advisory Groups (TAGs) and Programmes Advisory Panels (PAPs) 2021-2022

 

Secretary, AHOA’s Joint TAGs and PAPs Forum: Nr. Aina’u Sarai Musa, Nigeria

 

TAG

Chairperson/Secretary

Country

AIDS/HIV, TB, Malaria and COVID-19

Monica mesame Ewang - Chairperson

Paul Brima Bangura - Secretary

Cameroon

Sierra Leone

Biodiversity, Ecosystems, Energy and Climate Change

Fobi Mitterand - Chairperson

Aisha Hamza - Secretary

Cameroon

Nigeria

Empowerment and Support to Civil Society and Communities

Willy Bawili Chandja - Chairperson

Beatrice W. Kamamia - Secretary

DRC

Kenya

Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG)

Thina Maphosa - Chairperson

Crescence Mukantabana - Secretary

Zimbabwe

Rwanda

Governance, Gender, Human Rights, Democracy and SDGs

Adama SANOGO - Chairperson

Gift Mwale - Secretary

Mali

Malawi

Health, Human Security and Food Security for All

Nwabufo Françoise - Chairperson

Marko Madut Wol - Secretary

Cameroon

South Sudan

Vaccines, Vitamins and Immunizations

Hon. Dr. Edward Ihejirika - Chairperson

Nduu Nawej Frank - Secretary

Nigeria

Congo

 

PAP

Chairperson/Secretary

Country

Partnerships/

Collaborations

Prof. Anima Sharma - Chairperson

Theophilus Kofi Tsikata - Secretary

India

Ghana

Advocacy, Communications and Social/Resource Mobilization

Babacar Thiam - Chairperson

Musola Cathrine Kaseketi - Secretary

Senegal

Zambia

Research/Evidence Generation

Dr. Asiton-a Ibama - Chairperson

Mariam I. Adoum - Secretary

Nigeria

Chad

Capacity Development and Education

Dr. Temitope Olaifa - Chairperson

Kristine Yakhama - Secretary

Nigeria

Kenya

Outreaches

Isabel Rutendo Dzvova - Chairperson

Tumaini Letu Nshamba - Secretary

Zimbabwe

Tanzania

Monitoring & Evaluation (M&E) and Knowledge Management

Dr. Babatunde Olusegun - Chairperson

Lanssina TO - Secretary

Nigeria

Burkina Faso

Sgd:

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje

CEO, Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network]

 


[1] Adirieje, Uzodinma. Sustainable Citizen Participation in Development Work: definitions and concepts, 2022

 

EIGHT: Events organized by AHOA, 2020 - present

1.    2020-05-23 Training on Introduction to Project Life Cycle 

2.    2020-05-23 Training on The Evaluation Cycle and Steps in Evaluation

3.    2020-05-25 Challenges, Strategies and Prospects for Consultancy Services in Nigeria During and After Covid-19 Pandemic

4.    2020-12-09 Strengthening Nigeria’s Health Systems to Protect Everyone and Achieve UHC and Health for All during the COVID-19 Pandemic

5.    2020-12-11 Taming the Monster_ Ending Sexual and Gender-Based Violence Against Women and Girls During and After the COVID-19 Pandemic

6.    2021-02-02 Prevention, Treatment and Mitigation of Cervical Cancer in Resource constrained Settings during the COVID-19 Pandemic and Beyond

7.    2021-02-12 Workshop on the Effects of Covid-19 Pandemic on HIV/AIDS Response

8.    2021-02-17 COVID-19 VACCINATION AND COMMUNITY ENAGEMENT

9.    2021-03-04 HARNESSING AND PROMOTING WOMEN LEADERSHIP TO OVERCOME THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ACHIEVE THE 'SDGs'

10. 2021-03-22 ELIMINATING TUBERCULOSIS IN RESOURCES CONSTRAINED SETTINGS DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC - what works, what doesn't

11. 2021-04-02 WORLD HEALTH DAY 2021_ IMPERATIVES FOR FAIRER HEALTHCARE POLICIES AND PROGRAMMES DURING COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND BEYOND

12. 2021-04-02 VACCINE HESITANCY FOR COVID-19 AND OTHER VACCINE-PREVENTABLE DISEASES - MYTHS AND REALITIES

13. 2021-05-15 Climate Change: Think Global, Act Local

14. 2021-05-24 Civil Society Dialogue on the Conservation of Biodiversity - we are part of the solution

15. 2021-08-05 TRAINING ON 'PROJECT LIFE CYCLE', BY HSP CONSULTANTS

16. 2021-09-07 The Evaluation Cycle 88479342112

17. 2021-09-30 The SDGs at 6: International Symposium on Country Prospects for the Achievement of the 2030 Agenda

18. 2021-10-14 Making COVID-19 Vaccination Compulsory, Enforceable and Criminalizing/Punishing Non-receivers

19. 2021-10-22 The Role of Evaluation in Achieving the SDGs

20. 2021-01-14 Understanding and Ending Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in our Societies 

21. 2021-03-04 HARNESSING AND PROMOTING WOMEN LEADERSHIP TO OVERCOME THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND ACHIEVE THE 'SDGs'

22. 2021.10.29 CSO COP26 conference

23. 2021.11.08 Health, Human Security and Food Security for All TAG

24. 2021.11.25 Workshop on Involving men & boys as critical change agents against GBV and VAWG

25. 2021.12.27 Training on Proposals Presentation Outline

26. 2021-01-14 Understanding and Ending Gender-Based Violence (GBV) in our Societies

27. 2021.12.27 Report Writing and Proposal Development

28. 2022.01.31 Stakeholders' consultation on International Conference on Development Work

29. 2022.02.03 World Cancer Day symposium

30. 2022.03.04 Journal writing training

31. 2022.03.09 IWD conference

32. 2022.03.25 World TB Day conference

33. 2022.04.08 WHD Conference

34. 2022.04.28 2022 World Malaria Day conference with the theme: Advance Equity. Build Resilience. End Malaria - Your Effort Counts

35. 2022.06.02 gLOCAL Evaluation

36. 2022.06.07 WED symposium Living in harmony with nature

37. 2022.06.09 THM on Implementation of Nigeria's NHAct 2014

38. 2022.06.10 Training on Project Management Life Cycle

 

 

NINE: Editorial Team:

Terms of Reference (ToR) of the Editorial Board of Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) CSOs Coalition/Network and Think-tank

The Editorial Board and its members work with the Chairperson, Editor-in-Chief and Editors on matters relating to information dissemination; and are encouraged to contribute substantively to AHOA’s Bulletins,Nnewsletters, Journals, Articles, Media reach, etc. Specifically, it is hoped that members of the Editorial Board will do so in the following ways:

1.    Participating in the meetings of the Editorial Board;

2.    Disseminating information about AHOA’s activities, projects, programmes, policies, engagements, etc., whenever requested, as well as raising AHOA’s media profile among the institutions and constituencies in which Board members are active, and globally;

3.    Assisting the editors in identifying qualified colleagues to peer-review submitted articles and/or contribute to the Editorial Board’s work in other ways, whenever requested;

4.    Submitting articles and news about the activities of their respective Projects Advisory Panel (PAP) and Technical Advisory Group (TAG) as they become available and or when requested to do so by the editorial staff, with the understanding that the editors will limit such demands on Editorial Board members’ time;

5.    Advising the AHOA Management on which publications and similar activities to undertake from time to time;

6.    Contributing original scholarly work to the AHOA newsletters, journals, websites, etc.; and

7.    Undertaking any other related task as may be assigned by the Editorial leads from time to time.

TENURE:

The tenure of individual members on the AHOA Editorial Board is one year, renewable as long as possible based on active participation and productivity of individual Board members.

 

AHOA’s Editorial Board Members, 2022

Chairperson - Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, Nigeria

Editor-in-Chief - Janice Njie, Cameroon

Editor - Baroness Frances Bekey, Nigeria

Deputy Editor – Odufuwa Remi JP, Nigeria

Secretary - Ibrahim Abubakar, Nigeria

Associate Editors:

Patience Ogolo-Dickson, Nigeria

Michael Adetoun Oke, Nigeria

Senator Iroegbu, Nigeria

Temple Bright, Nigeria

Nnamdi Ogwazu, Nigeria

Francoise Nwabufo, Cameroon

Nr. Aina’u Sarai Musa, Nigeria

Kristine Yakhama, Kenya

 

TEN: AHOA’s Membership/Partnership spread

 

Countries where Members/Partners of Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) Coalition/Network and Think-tank are presently in the following countries, and expanding:

 

Nigeria

Switzerland

Bangladesh

Malawi

Belgium

Burkina Faso

Cote D’Ivoire

Sierra Leone

Indonesia

Somalia

Morocco

Niger

Mexico

DRC

Liberia

Kenya

Thailand

Tanzania

Zimbabwe

Swaziland

India

Chad

Eswatini

Mali

United Kingdom

Ghana

Burundi

Cameroon

United States of America

Somalia

Senegal

Egypt

Brazil

Uganda

Mauritania

Ethiopia

The Netherlands

Trinidad and Tobago

 

 

 

ELEVEN: Photospeak

 

 

2022: AHOA CEO (with mic.) speaks on behalf of the Civil Society during the Federal Ministry of Health World Malaria Day Press briefing by the Hon. Minister of State for Health

2019:

At Nigeria’s commemoration of the World Malaria Day (R-L) – Hon. Minister of Health, USAID Leader, AHOA CEO and a Partner’s rep

2021: Inauguration of the Members of the Presidential National Steering Committee (NSC) of Nigeria’s Alternate School Programme; by H.E. President M. Buhari

2021: Emphasizing Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) Coalition/Network’s efforts towards the elimination of Gender-Based Violence (GBV) and Violence Against Women and Girls (VAWG) during a live appearance on Radio Nigeria, in commemoration of the ’16 Days of Action’

2019: Advocating and Promoting role of the civil society in achieving Universal Health Coverage (UHC) in Nigeria, with the support of the ICRC, WHO and CSEM

 

2022:

AHOA’s international event with theme ‘Promoting Influential Evaluation in Cancer-Related Development Work’, organized as part of the gLOCAL Evaluation Week organized by the Global Evaluation Initiative (GEI)

2022:

Meeting of the National Steering Committee of the Alternate School Programme (ASP) of the Federal Government of Nigeria, with the Hon. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs as Chairperson, and AHOA’s CEO representing the Civil Society as the National Chairperson of CSOSG-SDGs Nigeria

2022:

Maiden National Conference of the Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency Associations Alliance (REEEA-A). AHOA’s CEO is CREN’s alt. rep. in REEEA-A Steering Committee

 

2022:

AHOA organized an International Event with the theme ‘Advance Equity. Build Resilience. End Malaria, Every Effort Counts’, to mark the World Malaria Day

2022:

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) participated in the ‘Road Walk’ organized by the FMoH Nigeria, to mark the World Tuberculosis Day

2022:

AHOA also participated in the international ‘Summit of the Future’

2022 and beyond: AHOA shall continue to engage with local and international partners and stakeholders to promote the achievement of the SDGs and a healthier earth for everyone where all human rights are respected and protected by all and sundry

 

On behalf of the Editorial Team, I thank you for reading us. We welcome your feedback.

 

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje; 

CEO, Monitoring & Evaluation Lead and United Nations Main Representative,

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA)CSOs Coalition/Network and Think-tank.

Plot 520, FHA Estate, Lugbe, Airport Rd; P.O. Box 8880, Wuse, Abuja, Nigeria  

Twitter: @uaadirieje; https://twitter.com/uaadirieje; @DAdirieje;

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Facebook: https://web.facebook.com/uzoadirieje;

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Phone, Telegram & WhatsApp: +234 803 472 5905

Website: http://www.afrihealthcsos.org

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