AHADI Organizational Profile
Alliance for Health in the African Diaspora, Inc. (AHADI) is a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization located in Atlanta, GA. AHADI was founded in Atlanta, Georgia, by three African immigrant professionals with diverse backgrounds and expertise in international development, public health, and education. The formation of AHADI was in response to the steady growth of African immigrant population in the United States of America and the cross-cultural challenges that this phenomenon presented to the healthcare providers and the African communities that they served.
The growth of African communities in the USA coupled with their diverse and unique cultures require that stakeholders design specific programs to appropriately address the health needs and issues of health disparities that affect African communities in the Diaspora.
The vision of AHADI is to change the world we live in by purposefully identifying the health needs of the African Diaspora and addressing the gaps in the health education, prevention, care, and treatment services availed to them.
The mission of AHADI is to advocate for quality health and wellness among the African Diaspora as well as all the minorities in the U.S.A.
AHADI seeks to enhance the capacity of community and faith based organizations to serve the African Diaspora in health education, prevention, care, and treatment.
The ultimate goal of AHADI is to significantly reduce the current unacceptable disparities in the access to and quality of healthcare.
AHADI also engages health policy makers and healthcare providers to address the needs of the African Diaspora and other minorities so that the current disparities in health quality and access to care are minimized.
AHADI initiates and publicizes local, regional and national conferences and seminars that provide an invaluable wealth of knowledge and networking opportunities for agencies serving the African Diaspora in the USA.
All conference events offer the "African Village Square Forum". This format provides a platform where agencies, service providers, policy makers and other stake holders:
i. address public health issues
ii. network, and
iii. celebrate the community
Alliance for Health in the African Diaspora, Inc. (AHADI) presents the United States Conference on African Immigrant Health (USCAIH 2010) report . AHADI takes this opportunity to thank all our national and local partners who made this historic event not only possible but successful. Special thanks go to the Office of Minority Heath Resource Center (OMHRC), Office of Minority Health (OMH) and Office on Womens Health (OWH region IV) for their tremendous support for the USCAIH 2010 conference.
AHADI also thanks all the participants who came from community based and faith based organizations, from Universities and colleges, and from Government departments across the USA. Thank you for making the USCAIH 2010 such a tremendous success. Thank you for believing in us and we look forward to continuing collaborations with you in our endeavor to address health disparities in the African Diaspora communities in the USA.
The USCAIH 2010 report not only summarizes the background and content of the conference but also includes the lessons learned from the conference as well as proposals for the way forward.
We shall be contacting you soon to plan for the upcoming USCAIH 2012!
Sincerely
Wardah Mummy Rajab-Gyagenda, Ph.D.
Executive Director,
Alliance for Health in the African Diaspora, Inc.
10 Glenlake Parkway, Suite 130
Atlanta, GA 30328
Email: info@afhadi.org
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