General Information |
| Organization Type - Primary: |
Non-Governmental Organization |
| Organization Type - Secondary: |
Other Non-Governmental Organization (NGO) |
| Is your organization legally registered in your country: |
Yes |
| Organization Reach: |
International |
| Organization Description: |
AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION
ORGANISATIONAL PROFILE
1. INTRODUCTION, BACKGROUND AND OPERATING PROGRAMMES
1.1 Introduction and Background
Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association (AOA) is a community-focused, not-for-profit, non-partisan, non-religious civil society non-governmental organization [NGO] Coalition promoting health systems strengthening, diseases prevention, better life/health, improved standards of living and social well being of local [rural and poor urban] communities and their inhabitants. Its activities focus on HIV/AIDS/TB and Malaria; Health Systems, Sanitation and Energy Efficiency; Diseases and Blindness prevention; Access to health care and Healthcare Financing; Public-Private Partnerships (PPP), Women's health, rights and empowerment; Youth education and empowerment, care for orphans and vulnerable children [OVCs], children and infant health; Health information, education and communication (IEC); Health Reforms; Vaccines and Immunisation, Nutrition/Food security and Maternal & Child Health. Afrihealth promotes research/evidence-generation (monitoring and evaluation, reviews, assessment, oversight, conferences, seminars); capacity building/trainings, outreaches/community interventions, policy analyses, advocacy, communication and social mobilization, human/health rights and public education. Its target populations are children/infants, youth, women, the elderly, poorest of the poor and vulnerable populations.
Following the World Health Organisation (WHO) poor ranking of the Nigerian health system as 187th out of 191 member States by in 2000, in its report on the performance of health systems; and the need for citizen-interventions, a group of like-minded women and men, met and resolved to establish an organisation to improve the health and standard of living of women, children (infants, adolescents and youth), the poorest of the poor, the elderly rural and poor urban communities, and among vulnerable group |
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| Total number of staff in your organization: |
11 - 25 |
| Number of full-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
| Number of part-time staff who are directly involved with TB: |
0 |
| Number of volunteers who are directly involved with TB: |
100 + |
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| What is your organization's annual budget (USD) dedicated to TB? |
$100,001-$500,000 |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: |
Stop TB communications |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: |
Involvement in Stop TB Working Groups |
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| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: |
No |
| Are you in contact with your national TB programme: |
Yes |
| Please tell us how your organization is contributing to your country's national TB control plan: |
| By advocating for impreoved TB services, especially as they affect TB/HIV co-infections. |
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Geographical Reach |
| Which country is your headquarters located in: |
Nigeria |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: |
African |
Which countries do you do operate in:
(This includes countries you are conducting activities in) |
Nigeria
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