African Region

4

Global Community Hepatitis Policy Report

4 3

African Region 5 7

4 8

1

9 2

1

Cameroon

2

Democratic Republic of the Congo

3

Gambia

4

Ghana

• Positive-Generation

• Encadrement des Personnes Infectées par l’Hépatite

• Hope Life International Charitable • Comfort Foundation Ghana • Long Life Africa

6

• Theobald Hepatitis B Foundation

5

Mali

6

Mauritius

7

Nigeria

• SOS Hépatites Mali • Hep Support • Beacon Youth Movement • Chagro-Care Trust • Elohim Foundation

This chapter presents African region findings from the World Hepatitis Alliance’s 2014 civil society survey in three sections.

• GAMMUN Centre for Care and Development Nigeria • LiveWell Initiative

The first section provides an overview of respondents. The second section describes the extent to which respondents agreed or disagreed with what their governments reported about hepatitis policies and programmes for the 2013 World Health Organization (WHO) Global Policy Report on the Prevention and Control of Viral Hepatitis in WHO Member States. It also notes the issues associated with the greatest amount of agreement and disagreement. The third section highlights some of the qualitative findings from respondents based in countries where governments did not submit information for the 2013 WHO global policy report.

8

Togo

9

Uganda

• Association Sauvons l’Afrique Des Hépatites • Action For Rural Transformation • Cancer and AIDS Relief Organization • Giving Hope Foundation • The National Organization for People Living with Hepatitis B

Table 4.1. African region respondents to the World Hepatitis Alliance’s 2014 civil society survey (N=18)

1

Democratic Republic of the Congo

1

Gambia

1

Ghana

3

1

Mali

1

1

Mauritius

1

1

Nigeria

5

No response

Other

Private foundation

Medical society

NGO – other 1

1 1 1

3

Togo

1

1

Uganda

4

2

1

2

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Cameroon

NGO – direct service provider

NGO – hepatitis patient group

Country

Civil society survey respondents (#)

Type of respondent (#)

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African Region continued 4.1. Respondents Eighteen organisations from nine countries in the African region responded to the World Hepatitis Alliance’s 2014 civil society survey. The governments of three of those countries provided information for the 2013 WHO global policy report, and thus the seven respondents based in those countries were able to comment on the accuracy of their governments’ responses. The governments of the other six countries did not provide information for the 2013 report; the eleven respondents based in those countries instead commented on their governments’ responses to viral hepatitis by writing short statements about key issues. Additional information about respondents is presented in Table 4.1. on previous page. Figure 4.1. Types of organisations submitting survey responses, African region (N=18) Figure 4.1

11% Other 17% NGO: other

Almost 40% of respondents identified themselves as hepatitis patient groups, and another 28% identified themselves as nongovernmental direct service providers (Figure 4.1). Eighty-nine percent of respondents were either voting or