INVITATION TO NIGERIA ZONAL TOWN HALL MEETINGS (THMs) DURING THE 2005 INT'L HEALTH, HUMAN AND FOOD SECURITY SUMMIT (HEFOSS-15)

Dear Stakeholder in Health, Human and Food Security in Nigeria;  

The Chairman Senator (Dr.) Ifeanyi Okowa, on behalf of the Central Planning Committee [CPC] and stakeholders in the 2015 international Health, Human and Food Security Summit (HEFOSS-15); and the Board of Afrihealth Optonet Association – Nigeria’s community, development and health systems strengthening civil society coalition/network, invites you in your official capacity, to the Nigeria Zonal Town Hall Meetings during this Summit holding at Reiz Continental Hotel Abuja, Nigeria on 18-19 May 2015, 9.00 a.m. - 5.00 p.m. daily. The THMs shall hold as Breakout Sessions on Tuesday, 19 May 2015 during 11.30 a.m. – 1.30 p.m. Reports from each THM shall be presented and discussed by all the Summit participants in Plenary during 2.30 – 4.00 p.m. same day. The theme of the Summit is “Achieving Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) for Maternal and Newborn Child Health (MNCH), Sexual and Reproductive Health and Rights (SRHR) and Adequate Infant and Adolescent Nutrition for Productive Long Adult Lives in Africa” 

Six parallel THMs shall be held for the six geopolitical zones of Nigeria. Each THM shall comprise State/government officials and non-state actors who are stakeholders or interested in developments in any State within the zone to openly discuss the state of Health, Human and Food Security in the States within the zone by focusing on:

1.      Issues

2.      Challenges

3.      Existing approaches to overcome the challenges

4.      Impact mitigation and best practices

5.      Implementation recommendations for sustainable Health, Human and Food Security improvement and better human development indices in the States/zone 

The zonal THMs and their participating component States are as follow: 

North Central Zone (Benue, FCT, Kogi, Kwara, Nasarawa, Niger and Plateau States)

North East Zone (Adamawa, Bauchi, Borno, Gombe, Taraba and Yobe States)

North West Zone (Jigawa, Kaduna, Kano, Katsina, Kebbi, Sokoto and Zamfara States)

South East Zone (Abia, Anambra, Ebonyi, Enugu and Imo States)

South South Zone (Akwa Ibom, Bayelsa, Cross River, Delta, Edo and Rivers States)

South West Zone (Ekiti, Lagos, Ogun, Ondo, Osun and Oyo States) 

To participate in the THM, register for the international Health, Human and Food Security Summit (HEFOSS-15) by clicking http://www.afrihealthoptonet.org/projects/hefoss-15 

For more info about international Health, Human and Food Security Summit (HEFOSS-15), click http://afrihealthoptonetassociation.blogspot.com/2014/11/all-you-need-to-know-about-hefoss-15.html 

Welcome, 

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje

HEFOSS-15/Afrihealth Optonet Association

Suite 216, Block G, FHA Cornershop, Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja

P.O. Box 8880, Wuse Abuja, Nigeria

Ph: +234 9 291 5732; Mobile: +234 803 472 5905

Emails: hefoss2015secretariat@gmail.com

Blog: http://afrihealthefoss.blogspot.com

Web: www.afrihealthoptonet.org

Weblog: http://www.afrihealthoptonetassociation.blogspot.com 

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