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

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@...)

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@...)

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@... )

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 , 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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