Excellency,
You are cordially invited to the Universal Health Coverage (UHC) Global Town Hall Meeting organized by Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA)
TOPIC:
ADDRESSING VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS (VAWG)/GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE (GBV) ASSOCIATED WITH UNIVERSAL HEALTH COVERAGE (UHC) IN RESOURCE-CONSTRAINED ENVIRONMENTS
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
His Excellency, Professor C Onyebuchi Chukwu, OON
Cochair, International Advisory Board, Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA);
former Honourable Minister of Health, Nigeria.
MODERATOR:
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje
CEO, Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA)
DATE: 10 December 2023
TIME: 2.00 PM WAT/1.00 PM GMT
GOOGLE MEET LINK:
https://meet.google.com/egi-kxsk-edn
Post your Comments for Attention in the AHOA’s
UHC Day WhatsApp group:
https://chat.whatsapp.com/Ffq5rJPOHoKKndA4WZgv5q
Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) shall organize a global Town Hall Meeting on 10 December 2023 to discuss the above subject in commemoration of the UHC Day. Coming on the heels of the '16 Days of Action' to end VAWG/GBV, this virtual event shall attract participants from countries across all the continents, and focus on the theme “Health for All: Time for Action”. The keynote speech shall be delivered by Prof. C Onyebuchi Chukwu, who was the Honourable Minister of Health in Nigeria during the Ebola outbreak. He took actions that successfully tamed the Ebola rampage and secured the health/lives of Nigerians during the Ebola outbreak, to the admiration of the global Health Community. Participants shall openly and freely discuss VAWG/GBV that are associated with providing, accessing, supporting, funding and managing Universal Health Coverage in resource-poor populations; including recommendations to eliminate VAWG/GBV. The Meeting shall explore the critical roles of the civil society and community in this effort, and the use of partnerships, advocacy, research/evidence-generation, capacity development, outreach interventions, monitoring and evaluation (M&E) to achieve these roles. A 'Statement' is expected from the town hall meeting that shall be an added value towards achieving 'Health for All' through the UHC.
Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - winner of the SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing Champion Award is community-focused civil society organizations(CSOs) international Movement/Network Coalition and Think-tank deeply engaged in promoting evidence-based credible actions and support for policies, practices, programmes, and interventions that enhance productivity, accountability, transparency, and civil society’s coordination/contributions in gender justice, financial inclusion, equitable access to health, democracy, good governance, and human rights; in Health - including Traditional Complimentary Integrative Health (TCIH)/Ayurvedic Medicine; Community Welfare/Social Safety nets, Sustainable Development/ Development Work, and in educational, literary, scientific, social, climate change, energy, biodiversity, nutritional/agricultural, cultural, sporting, governance, human rights, and charitable intervention(s)/purpose(s).
The AHOA CSOs Movement/Network Coalition and Think-tank works to explore the nexus between and within the following sectors:
1. Health - including UHC, PHC, Reproductive Health, Maternal and Newborn Child Health (MNBCH), Primary Health Care (PHC), HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis (TB), Malaria, Non-Communicable Disease (NCDs), Neglected Tropical Diseases (NTDs), Infectious and Communicable diseases, Vaccines/Immunization and COVID-19;
2. Energy and Environment – including biodiversity, environment, ecosystems, renewable energy, energy efficiency, conservation and climate change (BEEREEECCC);
3. Nutrition/micronutrients and Food Security;
4. Gender, Democracy, Good Governance, Peace, Human Security, and Human Rights; and 5. Sustainable Development across regions, populations, communities, and generations
AHOA’s activities/interventions are for the benefit of rural and poor urban dwellers, marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged populations of women, children, infants, youth, adolescents, persons with disabilities, persons in conflict-affected areas, the poor, elderly, rural, disadvantaged and vulnerable persons, orphans and the elderly. AHOA has a current global membership/partnership of more than 2,200 (Two Thousand, Two Hundred) organizations mainly from the global South, and promotes the ‘One Health’ paradigm where Health is a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. AHOA uses partnership/collaboration, advocacy, research/evidence generation, capacity development, outreaches, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) as strategies.
AHOA’s mandates include:
1. Building an inclusive and broad movement for Health and Sustainable Development;
2. Creating avenues to influence the design and implementation of policies, practices, programmes, and interventions;
3. Promoting coordination, information exchange, and harmonization among civil society and stakeholder groups across the world; and
4. Promoting citizen involvement, leadership, and accountability mechanisms in the implementation of respective interventions.
AHOA partners with the Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN). AHOA has members/local Chapters in Nigeria’s 36 States and Federal Capital Abuja, National Chapters in some countries, sub-regional Chapters in North Africa, West and Central Africa, East and Southern Africa; and in America, Asia, Caribbean, Europe, and Oceania regions. AHOA is in special consultative status with the United Nations ECOSOC; and an Accredited Observer status at the UNEP/United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).
Best regards,
Uzodinma
Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje, CMC, CMTF, FIMC, FIMS, FNAE, FASI, FSEE, FAHOA
Health Economist; Certified Evaluation and Projects/Programmes Management Consultant; Conferences and Workshops Organizing Expert; Researcher; Health/Development, Climate Change/Biodiversity and Human Rights Advocate; Facilitator/Trainer; Blogger; Writer/Columnist
CEO & Main Representative to the United Nations, Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - CSOs Global Movement and Think-tank for Health and Development
(Winner of the SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing Champion Award);
President, Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN)
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