About Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) and The Benefits of Being a Partner/Member of AHOA

AFRIHEALTH OPTONET ASSOCIATION (AHOA) 

 About Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) and The Benefits of Being a Member/Partner of AHOA

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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 about 2,700 (Two Thousand, Seven Hundred) member organizations from 119 countries; and a Google Group of about 42,000 (Forty-two Thousand) 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, including the promotion of vaccines uptake and elimination of vaccine hesitancy); 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'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. 

 

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 the respective interventions. 

 

AHOA is in Consultative Status at UN ECOSOC, an accredited Observer status at the UNEP/UNEA, approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB); while its application to the UNFCCC is awaiting approval/admission.

 

All the partners/members of the Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) are asked to complete the following AHOA Members/Partners Google Forms if you haven't done so.

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1.      AHOA members/partners information Google form (please click on the link below): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc2jo7HwMvuqJOf8k0EojZNApadh3hAerWnqDdJ3JW2ByxYiA/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

2.      AHOA CSOs/Members Capacity and Institutional Needs Assessment (please click on the link below): https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdGWxP5w2Sq4I_hdeuRRPqzBRu9UKoIOB0PZpBgqmqPI8ApDw/viewform?usp=sf_link

 

 

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Coalition on Vaccines, Vitamins, Minerals and Immunizations for All Populations (CoVIAP)

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The Benefits of Belonging to the Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - CSOs Global Movement and Think-tank for Health and Development

 

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) is a community-focused civil society organization (CSOs) international network coalition and think tank promoting policies, practices, programmes, and interventions that enhance productivity, accountability, and transparency in Society Welfare/Social Safety nets, Development Work, Sustainable Development and Health. AHOA’s mandate includes Building an inclusive and broad movement for Health and Sustainable Development; Creating avenues to influence the design and implementation of policies, practices, programmes, and interventions; Promoting coordination, information exchange, and harmonization among the civil society and stakeholder groups across the world; and Promoting citizen involvement, leadership, and accountability mechanisms. AHOA has a global membership/partnership of over 1,600 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 activities/interventions are for the benefit of rural and poor urban dwellers, marginalized, vulnerable, and disadvantaged populations of women, children, adolescents, persons with disability, persons in conflict-affected areas, the poor, elderly, rural, disadvantaged, and vulnerable persons, orphans and the elderly. The AHOA CSOs Movement/Network Coalition and Think-tank works to explore the nexus between Health – UHC, PHC, Reproductive Health, PHC, HIV/AIDS, TB, Malaria, NCDs, NTDs, Vaccines/Immunization and COVID-19; Energy and Environment - biodiversity, environment, ecosystems, renewable energy, energy efficiency, conservation, and climate change (BEEREEECCC); Nutrition/micronutrients and Food Security; Gender, Democracy, Good Governance, and Human Rights. 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 has a Consultative Status at the United Nations ECOSOC; and an Accredited Observer status at the UNEP/United Nations Environment Assembly (UNEA).

 

The benefits of becoming a member/partner of AFRIHEALTH Optonet Association are by no means exhaustive and include:

 

1.       Announce/broadcast and disseminate your organization’s activities to thousands of development stakeholders and policymakers across the world (Admin rules may apply);

2.       Be considered for nomination/inclusion in AHOA’s delegations/representatives to United Nations’ events and other Partners’ activities/programmes;

3.       Be considered to receive recommendations from AHOA to participate in the activities of the United Nations, ECOSOC, UNEP/UNEA, etc., and their Agencies;

4.       Receive regular information and guidance about funding and resource mobilization opportunities;

5.       Be published in the register of AHOA members/partners and circulated all over the world to potential funders and partners;

6.       Members/partners are able to broaden their base of support to submit proposals for funding and support, access opportunities and receive mutual benefits in the magnitude they could not gain individually or on their own;

7.       Individual members/partners from various countries and diverse cultures are provided with the platform and opportunity to engage and collaborate with each other for the greater good of all while retaining their independence;

8.       Members/partners gain leverage and improve their negotiation results through the banding together of older, bigger, and/or stronger organizations with other relatively newer, smaller, and/or weaker ones in AFRIHEALTH; who are thereby able to harness/access the resources needed to successfully face tough situations;

9.       Members/partners can focus on their strengths while relying on the support/strengths of other Network partners in other areas and still share in the accomplishments with other members/partners;

10.   Members/partners who might otherwise lose opportunities in competition with one another shall now join forces to negotiate in a mutual, collective, and organized manner with funders, development partners, international bodies, governments, embassies/foreign missions, businesses, political parties, etc. in a win-win situation for everyone;

11.   By combining efforts and sharing experiences and resources, AFRIHEALTH members/partners learn from each other, receive capacity-building support, acquire new skills, and broaden their knowledge, income, and abilities;

12.   By sharing resources, members/partners of AFRIHEALTH mutually benefit from the maxim of “the sum is often greater than the parts”, as shared resources often mean that the Network partners/members can overcome deficiencies together;

13.   Development requires money, people, and time; and the increased number of organizations/people in the Network usually means that it will take shorter/less time and cost less to accomplish an objective with the combined effort;

14.   Different organizations/partners coming together in AFRIHEALTH shall provide diversity for each member organization to broaden its reach and accomplishments by working with other organizations that are associated with the same or similar health and development issues or causes.     

 

AHOA is in Consultative Status at UN ECOSOC, accredited Observer status at UNEP/UNEA, and approved by the African Development Bank (AfDB). Its application to the UNFCCC is awaiting approval/admission. AHOA is the lead organization and secretariat of the African Network of Civil Society Organizations (ANCSO) and the Global Consortium of Civil Society and Non-State Actors on Climate Change and Conference of Parties (GCSCCC).

 

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

Afrihealth Optonet Association (AHOA) - CSOs Global Movement and Think-tank for Health, Biodiversity, Climate Actions and Sustainable Development (Winner of the SDG 3 – Good Health and Wellbeing Champion Award). 

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