This year’s AGM was held in Kigali, Rwanda during the biennial conference. As per the ACHAP constitution, board elections were conducted, following which ACHAP welcomes a new board chair, Dr. Djékadoum Ndilta. Dr. Ndilta is the current Executive Director of…
It is important to recognize the influence that religious leaders have on communities. For this reason therefore, as part of ensuring that communities are receptive to the renewed effort and commitment by health workers to reduced stigma and discrimination, CHAN…
Isolation is a term the inhabitants of Kucwiny sub-county in Nebbi District are well too familiar with. Here, medical facilities are few and far between, and if you are lucky enough to access one, your new worry is the cost…
As we join the world in commemoration of World Contraception Day, we place focus on Family Planning as a means of improving reproductive health outcomes and socio-economic wellbeing in the communities we serve. Despite the abundance of Family Planning information…
ACHAP is honoured to announce a new partnership with AstraZeneca to implement the Healthy Heart Africa programme in Côte d’Ivoire. HHA is an initiative by AstraZeneca that contributes to prevention and control of cardiovascular diseases with a focus on hypertension. …
In Nigeria, there was legislation against stigma and discrimination towards people living with HIV (the Anti-discrimination Act, 2014) after a 2010 HIV stigma index survey by the Network of people living with HIV in Nigeria (NEPWHAN), however a follow up…
The reduction of the HIV/AIDS-related stigma and discrimination amongst healthcare providers will be helpful for not only the marginalized groups, PLHIV and their associates, but also for the healthcare providers themselves. With 60% of all new infections in Western and…
The ACHAP’s Biennial Conference and General Assembly meeting in Yaoundé, Cameroon from February 25 to March 1, 2019. Theme: Re-Igniting Primary Health Care: The role of ACHAP. In 1978, World Health Organization (WHO) collaborated with the World Council of Churches to…
Reports of unethical treatment of PLHIV in healthcare settings including HIV testing without consent, unauthorized disclosure and breaches of confidentiality, labeling, gossip, verbal harassment, differential treatment and even denial of treatment. They are evident. Healthcare Providers also experience stigma and…
In the very beginning of July,2018 CHAN conducted a TOT with health workers on HIV protocols and stigma and discrimination with the following objectives towards eliminating stigma and discrimination in health care settings of the CHAN network by: Raising awareness…