| Author: Dr. Uzodinma A. Adirieje |
| InfoShare Partner: Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association |
| Publication Date: April 2004 |
| Type of Document: Article/Report/Paper |
| Topics: HIV/AIDS, general |
| Region: Global |
| Language: English |
| Additional information: Dr. Uzodinma A. Adirieje is a health and development researcher, optometrist and writer. He attended Imo State University, Okigwe, Nigeria, earning a Doctor of Optometry (OD) degree in 1988, with interests in public health and ophthalmic complications/manifestations of diseases. He is the Secretary General/CEO of Afrihealth Optonet Association; a not-for-profit NGO incorporated in Nigeria; and the Medical Director of Adirivision Clinics Ltd. With more than thirty written works to his credit, Dr. Adirieje writes for The SUN - Nigeria\'s highest circulating national daily newspaper; and is a contributing editor/columnist to ‘Medical Digest’ journal. He is on editorial board of ‘HIF-net@WHO’ and the moderator of ‘nigeriahealth’ email forum. His hobbies include public speaking, social/community work, voluntary/international services and tennis. Personal webpage: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/uaadirieje |
| Number of Pages: 2 |
| File Size: 30 KB |
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Country Coordinating Mechanisms (CCMs) are national 'partnership' agencies within each country for the effective implementation of the Global Fund's (GF) commitment to local ownership and participatory decision-making. However, CCMs exist and function like unnecessary octopus. Where do the responsibilities of the CCMs start and those of the government’s bureaucracy stop? For instance, information on the Nigerian CCM, its members that represent “the various constituencies involved in fighting these diseases” and its activities; is hardly readily available. How regularly (if at all) have these representatives briefed their constituencies on their assignments, in both formal and informal settings? It must truly employ new and innovative structures to bring the impacts of its activities in fighting these diseases, to bear on the poor village girls and market women. While visible measurable impacts of interventions are expected now, we must wait for five long years before we can assess the performance of Nigeria's CCM.
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