[procaare] Announcement of selected candidates to represent civil society at IDPF/UNITAID Board

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ANNOUNCEMENT OF SELECTED CANDIDATES TO REPRESENT CIVIL SOCIETY 
AT THE INTERNATIONAL DRUG PURCHASE FACILITY (IDPF/UNITAID) BOARD
- ICASO
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The Call for Nominations was announced on September 5, 2006 to solicit 
nominations for the positions of civil society representatives at the 
IDPF/UNITAID Board:
· 1 Board member and 1 Alternate from communities living with 
HIV/AIDS, TB and malaria;
· 1 Board member and 1 Alternate from NGOs fighting the diseases;

THE SELECTION COMMITTEE IS PLEASED TO ANNOUNCE THE RESULTS: 

Communities living with the HIV/AIDS, TB and Malaria:

Board member from communities living with the diseases: The Selection 
Committee decided to extend the application deadline until Friday October 
6 for this position. The tight schedule of selection process did not allow 
soliciting sufficient number of applicants before the 1st UNITAID Board 
meeting on October 3-4. Therefore, the Alternate member as below will 
represent communities at this meeting while the selection process for the 
Board member will continue until mid-October. The Call for Nominations for 
this position will be posted again in the coming days.

Alternate Board member: 
Ms Carol Nawina Nyirenda, (email: carolnawina@yahoo.com)

A person living with HIV, a treatment activist as part of Treatment 
Advocacy and Literacy Campaign, Zambia (TALC); has extensive experience as 
community worker involved in issues pertaining to universal access to 
treatment . Carol has significant experience in project management, from 
co-ordinating activities of Zambia Federation of Associations of Women in 
Business to designing, implementing and managing grassroots community 
projects. Carol will maintain a link between the IDPF and the intended end 
users to ensure that the needed drugs are purchased and made available to 
the most affected. 

NGOs fighting the diseases:

Board member: 
Mr. Khalil Elouardighi, (email: gerrold@noos.fr) 

Advocacy officer for international affairs with extensive experience in 
advocating for universal access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment, as part of 
French PWA-based activism group Act Up-Paris. He has strong relations with 
groups in the South (e.g. the PLAnet Africa network) and many other 
members of the international AIDS fight community. He maintains close 
contact with the NGO delegations at the Global Fund Board. Khalil has been 
working on IDPF initiative since December 2005, especially on lobbying the 
French government towards ensuring the highest possible outcome of this 
initiative for universal access to HIV/AIDS care and treatment.

Alternate Board member: 
Mohga Kamal Yanni, (email: mkamalyanni@Oxfam.org.uk )

Senior health and HIV policy advisor at Oxfam UK, provides strategic 
direction and support for health and HIV/AIDS policy development, 
programmes, and advocacy; a member of the Oxfam International HIV group, 
through which she led the development of the first Oxfam International HIV 
advocacy strategy; an active member of the Developed Country NGO 
Delegation at the Global Fund Board. Her background is a medical doctor 
from Egypt. Recently, Mohga has been involved in the development and 
advocacy of NGOs position on UNITAID providing technical and policy input.

Selection Committee members:

1. Asia Russell, HealthGap, USA
2. Lydia Mungherera, The AIDS Support Organization (TACO), Uganda
3. Shaun Mellors, International HIV/AIDS Alliance, UK

The Selection Committee wishes the new members courage and strength in 
their challenging and rewarding roles at IDPF/UNITAID Board.


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