About AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION (AHOA): a Profile

About AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION (AHOA)

The Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) is a global civil society and non-state actors Network/Think-tank on Health, Climate Actions, Biodiversity, and Sustainable Development. It has 2535 member organizations from 117 countries and Google Group of over 41000 members, AHOA has become a third-sector global player, partner, project/programme developer, implementer, monitor and reporter on sustainable development interventions in Health, Energy/Environment/Climate Actions, Nutrition/Agriculture/Food Security, and Gender/Human Rights and Good Governance, and the measures needed to achieve and safeguard them. Incorporated in 2003, Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - CSOs Network and Think-tank for Health and Development is committed to exploring the nexus between Health (UHC, PHC, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, NTDs, NCDs, Vaccines, Vitamins, & COVID-19); Biodiversity, Environment, Ecosystems, Renewable Energy, Energy Efficiency, Conservation, and Climate Change; Nutrition and Food Security; Gender, Democracy, Good Governance, and Human Rights.

The winner of the SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing Champion Award in 2023, AHOA 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). As a Networking Organization, AHOA promotes sustainable citizen participation (SCP) to address, prevent and mitigate disasters, wars, escalation of weapons, global warming, famine, water shortage, floods, epidemics/pandemics, diseases, poverty, capacity challenges, food security, radioactive contamination, electromagnetic field (EMF) risks to life, cyber risks, economics, governance, gender-based violence (GBV), violence against women and girls (VAWG), environmental and social impact assessments, risks management, and cross-generational resource challenges.  

The Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA)’s position as a global CSO network and Think-tank has continued to give thousands of CSOs, non-profits, and non-state actors, the needed platform to voice, network, capacitate and flourish. The AHOA Movement and its members/partners are committed and involved in the promotion of Development Work, Sustainable Development including the SDGs, and Health - as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. AHOA uses partnership/collaboration, advocacy, communication, research/evidence-generation, capacity development, outreaches, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) as strategies; to benefit rural and poor urban dwellers, marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged populations of women, children, youth, adolescents, people with disability, orphans, widows, victims of disasters, homeless/destitute, and elderly.  

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) is a non-state actors global Network representing, working with, and reaching target populations in 117 (One Hundred and Seventeen) countries across all the continents. AHOA is therefore well-positioned and available to Governments, Development Partners, Agencies, Institutions, Professional Bodies and Organizations in reaching (and defining/finetuning) their objectives, advancing their work and achieving their target/mandates. AHOA promotes sustainable citizen participation (SCP) to address, prevent and mitigate human and development challenges including disasters, wars, escalation of weapons, global warming, famine, water shortage, floods, epidemics/pandemics, diseases, poverty, capacity challenges, housing, transport, food security, radioactive contamination, electromagnetic field (EMF) risks to life, cyber risks, economics, governance, gender-based violence (GBV), violence against women and girls (VAWG), and cross-generational resource challenges.   

Afrihealth Optonet Association's (AHOA)’s position as a global CSO network and Think-tank has continued to give thousands of CSOs, non-profits, and non-state actors, the needed platform to voice, network, capacitate and flourish. The AHOA Movement and its members/partners are committed and involved in the promotion of Development Work, Sustainable Development including the SDGs, and Health - as a state of complete physical, mental, and social well-being. AHOA uses partnership/collaboration, advocacy, communication, research/evidence-generation, capacity development, outreaches, monitoring, and evaluation (M&E) as strategies; to benefit rural and poor urban dwellers, marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged populations of women, children, youth, adolescents, people with disability, orphans, widows, victims of disasters, homeless/destitute, and elderly.  

Incorporated in 2003, the 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. The AHOA Network explores the nexus between Health – UHC, PHC, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, NTDs, NCDs, Vaccines, and COVID-19; Energy and Environment - biodiversity, environment, ecosystems, renewable energy, energy efficiency, conservation, and climate change; Nutrition/micronutrients and Food Security; Gender, Democracy, Good Governance, and Human Rights. As a Networking Organization, AHOA promotes sustainable citizen participation (SCP) to address, prevent and mitigate disasters, wars, escalation of weapons, global warming, famine, water shortage, floods, epidemics/pandemics, diseases, poverty, capacity challenges, food security, radioactive contamination, electromagnetic field (EMF) risks to life, cyber risks, economics, governance, gender-based violence (GBV), violence against women and girls (VAWG), environmental and social impact assessments, risks management, and cross-generational resource challenges.   

To promote equity in participation, AHOA does not demand any compulsory financial/material commitment from organizations/entities to become members. Intending members are only required to complete a membership/partnership form, and an institutional capacity needs assessment form. Members/Partners do not pay registration/membership fees, dues or levies. To sustain the organization, members/partners and stakeholders willingly make voluntary donations, and serve/participate voluntarily in the activities of the Network, from time to time. AHOA is also entitled to receive/benefit from grants, endowments, waivers, subventions, awards, bursaries, contributions, donations, etc. from within and outside the Network. 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).  

The Afrihealth Optonet Association (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 2,424 (Two Thousand, Four Hundred and Twenty-four) organizations in 107 (One Hundred and Seven) countries, 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 is in Consultative Status at UN ECOSOC, an accredited Observer status at the UNEP/UNEA, and approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB). 

 

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 & Permanent Representative to the United Nations,

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - CSOs Global Network and Think-tank for Health, Climate Actions and Development (Winner of the SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing Champion Award). <https://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com/2024/03/about-afrihealth-optonet-association.html>

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