AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION

 INVITATION TO A WORKSHOP ON COVID-19 AND HIV/AIDS  While the world was still battling to overcome the HIV/AIDS pandemic now in its fifth decade, it found itself struggling to provide vaccines for COVID-19; and is succeeding. So, how has COVID-19 affected the responses to HIV and AIDS, among individuals, and in families/homes, communities, countries, regions, and global world?   Afrihealth Optonet Association   is a civil society network and think-tank of about 600 (Six Hundred) organizations across Africa, The Caribbean, and the global South for Systems Strengthening in Health [including HIV/AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria]; Energy, Climate Change and Environment; Nutrition and Food Security; and Gender, Good Governance, Democracy, Human Security, Rights and Dignity; Human Capital Development; promotion of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). AFRIHEALTH is committed to the propagation of ‘Health’ as a state of complete physical, mental and social well-being through Universal H

FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION IS A GENDER-BASED VIOLENCE AGAINST WOMEN AND GIRLS: END IT NOW   On this International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/FGC); Afrihealth Optonet Association condemns the continuous practice of this harmful act of FGM anywhere in the world, by whosoever, for whatever reason. FGM is global, but so is the movement to end it.   Because female genital mutilation (FGM) or Female Genital Cutting (FGC) is inflicted on and affects women and girls in several continents. Afrihealth Optonet Association declares that there must be a global strategy and international cooperation to end this human rights abuse by 2030 . Eradicating FGM worldwide by 2030 is one of the commitments that all 193 UN member states agreed to when they signed onto the Sustainable Development Goals in 2015. Sometimes the scale of the problem can feel overwhelming, but it is important to remember that we are not alone in our fight to end the practice and that impo

Excellencies, SAY 'NO' TO FEMALE GENITAL MUTILATION/CUTTING On this International Day Against Female Genital Mutilation/Cutting (FGM/FGC); Afrihealth Optonet Association condemns the continuous practice of this harmful act of FGM anywhere in the world, by whosoever, for whatever reason.  We declare the FGM is avoidable gender-based violence (GBV) that brings ALL PAINS and no gain and must be totally eliminated/stopped the world over.  Say 'NO' to GBV. End FGM now.  Our 'Civil Society for Elimination of GBV' project, seeks to end FGM/FGC by 2030. ...Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje. Programs Director/CEO, CS4EGBV Project/Afrihealth Optonet Association [CSOs Network] email: cs4egbv@gmail.com Phone/Whatsapp/Telegram: + 2348034725905