[procaare] Call for Nominations - Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research Community Advocacy 2010

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Call for Nominations: Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention
Research Community Advocacy 2010

DEADLINE 12 FEBRUARY 2010
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âThe Omololu Falobi Award for Excellence in HIV Prevention Research
Community Advocacyâ was established to honour the life and work of Omololu
Falobi and highlight the essential role of community advocacy in HIV
prevention research. This award is an important and ongoing legacy to
Omololu and is recognition to his commitment and contribution to HIV
prevention research advocacy.

Despite his untimely and tragic death in 2006, Omololu Falobi was a
visionary leader that continues to inspire many people and projects. He was
a leading HIV/AIDS activist, an advocate for prevention research, and an
exceptional journalist. Omololu made enormous impact in Nigeria and beyond â
he nurtured and/or led campaigns related to prevention, treatment and
research; won multiple awards nationally and internationally; and earned a
tremendous reputation from all who had the privilege to work with him. He
established the Journalists Against AIDS in Nigeria (JAAIDS), co-created the
Nigeria-AIDS eForum, co-founded the Nigerian HIV Vaccine and Microbicide
Advocacy Group (NHVMAG), was an instrumental pioneer member of the Treatment
Access Movement (TAM) Nigeria and a key leader of the African Civil Society
Coalition on HIV and AIDS.

The African Microbicides Advocacy Group (AMAG) is proud to collaborate with
the AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC), the Global Campaign for
Microbicides (GCM), JAAIDS, NHVMAS and TAM - to coordinate this award
process. Financial support for the Award comes from AMAG, AVAC,GCM, Family
Health International (FHI) and NHVMAS, Open Society Institute in South
Africa (OSISA) and UNAIDS,

THIS AWARD OF ACHIEVEMENT is intended to honour individuals who have shown
leadership and commitment to HIV prevention research advocacy and to
recognize the work of advocates who have inspired others in their commitment
to HIV prevention.

The Nomination & Selection Process
*  Nominations must be made by nominee's colleagues and friends. We will not accept self-nominations.
*  Nomination forms and guidelines for recommendation letters to be sent to omololufalobiaward@yahoo.com by 12 February 2010
* Review of nominations by Independent Review Panel (international panel made up of researchers, advocates, people living with HIV)
* The recipient will be informed before the M2010 conference and recognized
at the closing Ceremony of Microbicides 2010

The nomination form can also be accessed at
http://www.global-campaign.org/amag.htm
http://www.avac.org/ht/d/sp/i/4345/pid/4345

Award Planning Committee:

Manju Chatani-Gada, African Microbicides Advocacy Group (AMAG)  & AVAC
Mitchell Warren, AIDS Vaccine Advocacy Coalition (AVAC)
Katie West Slevin, Global Campaign for Microbicides (GCM)
Olayide Akanni, Journalists Against AIDS in Nigeria (JAAIDS)
Morenike Ukpong, New HIV Vaccine & Microbicide Advocacy Society (NHVMAS)
Mayowa Joel, Treatment Access Movement (TAM), Nigeria

For more information, please write to: omololufalobiaward@yahoo.com