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Focal Point Contact Information
| Salutation: |
Dr |
| First Name: |
Dr. Uzodinma |
| Last Name: |
Adirieje |
| Title: |
Programs Director/Secretary General |
| Title: |
Programs Director/Secretary General |
| Email: |
uaadirieje3@gmail.com |
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TB activities you're involved in:
Advocacy, communication and social mobilizationHealth Promotion Media Patient-led activities and social mobilization Political and national advocacy TB education and awareness raising
FundingAdvocacy Capacity Building for partner initiatives Health system strengthening Research TB control
Manufacture of TB products1st line adult drugs 1st line paediatric drugs 2nd line drugs
ResearchBasic research Epidemiological Health Economics Research Health systems, services and policy research MDR-TB Operational Research TB/HIV Vaccines
TB Healthcare ServicesCommunity Care DOTS Expansion Drug Provision MDR-TB TB/HIV Workplace services
Technical AssistanceAdvocacy Frontline TB Services/ Programme Implementation (operational: treatment and diagnostics) Global Fund application Human Resources training (Drs, nurses, researchers, NGOs) Partnership building Research |
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General Information |
| Organization Type: |
NGO - National Development |
Organization Description: |
Afrihealth Optonet Association (AOA) is a Nigerian non-governmental organisation (NGO), incorporated under the companies and allied matters law of 1990 as a not-for-profit, nonpartisan, nonreligious organization/trustee. It is involved in health and development research, policy analyses, advocacy, mobilization, communications, capacity building, trainings, public education and community interventions. Its activities focus on HIV/AIDS/TB, Health Reforms, Nutrition, Maternal & Child Health, Health-related MDGs, Blindness Prevention and Rehabilitation, Healthcare financing, and Immunisation. Its objectives include: advocating and mobilising for the general health of the community and society providing health information and education conducting research on healthcare issues including maternal and child health, population, nutrition, and the environment intervening with relevant services to promote health for the whole family and society. It comprises Afrihealth Information Projects, Optonet International and GAHADA Partners. Established in 1995, Afrihealth achieves its goals through awareness raising, workshops, seminars, civil society engagements, capacity building and gender training sessions; networking, lobbying, institutional support and participatory rural appraisal (PRA) in an effort to foster integrated development, especially in rural and poor urban communities and for vulnerable groups [poorest of the poor, women, children, elderly]. It adopts bottom-up, people-specific, gender-sensitive and participatory approaches.
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| Which Working Group(s) will you participate in: |
TB/HIV |
| No of staff who are directly involved with TB: |
1 - 5 |
| Which country are you based in: |
Nigeria |
| Which country/ies do you do operate in: |
Andorra |
| Which WHO region is the main focus of your work: |
African |
| Are you a member of a Stop TB national partnership: |
Unknown |
| How did you hear about the Stop TB Partnership: |
Unknown |
| Why do you wish join the Stop TB Partnership: |
Unknown |
Declaration of interests
None
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