Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association
Afrihealth Information Projects/Afrihealth Optonet Association (AOA) a.k.a. ‘Afrihealth inc.’ is s Nigerian NGO for health & development research, policy analysis, community intervention & public education, on Diseases & Blindness Prevention, HIV/AIDS/TB, Health Reforms, Immunisation, Nutrition, Maternal & Child Health; using awareness raising, meetings/interviews, workshops, PPP (partnerships) & capacity building and gender training sessions. Its objectives include: advocating and mobilising for the general health of the community and society providing health information and education conducting research on healthcare issues including maternal and child health, population, nutrition, and the environment intervening with relevant services to promote health for the whole family and society.
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Established in 1995, the organisation achieves its goals through awareness raising, workshops, seminars, civil society engagements, capacity building and gender training sessions. Developing people's capacity to help them is emphasised here. It is also into networking, lobbying, and institutional support are additional areas of focus. Other activities include participatory rural appraisal (PRA) in an effort to foster integrated rural development. In all its work, it strives to develop an approach that is bottom-up, people-specific, gender-sensitive and participatory. Its documents are available at http://phishare.org/partners/afrihealthoptonet/
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