| ABOUT
AFRICOMNET
The African Network for Strategic Communication
in Health and Development (AfriComNet) is an
association of HIV and AIDS, health and development
communication practitioners who reside, work,
or have a primary interest in Africa. Formerly
known as the Regional HIV and AIDS Behaviour
Change Communication Network (BCC Network),
AfriComNet was established in October 2001 in
recognition of the severity of the continent’s
HIV and AIDS pandemic and the need for high-quality
strategic communication to respond to the crisis.
AfriComNet’s mission is to strengthen
capacity in, and commitment to strategic communication
for health and development in Africa.
The Network has three Strategic Objectives
and these are:
- To promote effective Strategic Communication
practices;
- To increase recognition of Strategic Communication
as critical to effectiveness of H&D programming;
- To strengthen organisational capacity, credibility
& visibility of AfriComNet.
- For more information, please download
the 2006-11 strategic plan.
While the Network has a particular emphasis
on HIV and AIDS, it covers communication issues
for a broad array of health and development
priorities.
Its approach to communication for social and
behaviour change is grounded in the fundamentals
of strategic communication, which include: social
marketing, human rights-based approaches, entertainment-education,
counselling and client education, and mass media.
AfriComNet currently has more than 758 members
in 42 countries |
