Afrihealth Optonet Association

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Afrihealth Optonet Association (AOA) is a Nigerian non-governmental organisation (NGO) involved in health and development research, policy analysis, community intervention and public education. It is a member of the Global Campaign for Microbicides; the International AIDS candlelight memorial; the Coalition of International Organisations for the World Day for Prevention of Child Abuse; the Child Rights Information Network (CRIN); the Population and Health InfoShare tool for sharing information on reproductive and child health, HIV/AIDS, and population; one of the more than 300 International Organizations Against the Global Gag Rule that sent a letter to President Bush urging him to take actions against the rule; etc. The organisation is made up of three community-focused agencies namely: Afrihealth Information Projects, Optonet International, and GAHADA Partners (Global Allies for Health and Development in Africa), with vast interests in the health and social well being of local communities and their inhabitants. AOA's objectives include i. To promote and mobilise for the general health of the society, ii. To provide information, education, and advocacy for the attainment of a healthy society, iii. To conduct research on issues of concern to health care and development, iv. To provide services for the attainment and sustenance of a healthy and developed society. Postal Address: P.O. Box 4127, Oshodi, Lagos 100010, Nigeria Courier/office Address: 32c Adetola Street, Aguda-Surulere, Lagos 101014, Nigeria Phone: 234-1-4815220, Mobile: 234-803-472-5905, Fax: 234-1-4520333       Emails: afrihealthoptonet_ng@yahoo.com http://www.phishare.org/partners/afrihealthoptonet/

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Its agencies' focus areas are: Afrihealth Information Projects - reproductive health/family planning, maternal and child health, population and environment; Optonet International - nutrition and agriculture, family health and blindness prevention/visual rehabilitation; GAHADA Partners - health and human rights, justice and peace, women empowerment and community development. Goals are achieved through awareness raising, workshops, seminars, documentation/publishing, institutional support, honourary awards to deserving persons/organisations, participatory rural appraisal (PRA), bottom-up approach, integrated rural development, self-help development, capacity building, lobbying, people-specific approach, gender approach, networking, gender training, participatory approach, etc. The organization is promoting the Nigeria People’s Health Organisation (NPHO) and the Health Information Forum of Nigeria (hif_ng).

1. Afrihealth Information Projects 2. Optonet International 3. GAHADA Partners (Global Allies for Health and Development in Africa),