Social Aspects of HIV/AIDS Research Alliance (SAHARA)

Governance

SAHARA is governed by two levels of advisory board:

The role of the Continental Advisory Board is to:

provide strategic direction to SAHARA
advise SAHARA on issues of HIV/AIDS research, priority research areas and ways to expand the network
provide the latest expert knowledge on issues related to HIV/AIDS research which will inform present and future research projects.

Read the Terms of Reference of the Advisory Board.

The current members of the Continental Advisory Board are:

Name	Country	Job Title	Institution	Sector
Ms Olayide Akanni	Nigeria	Executive Director	Journalists Against AIDS	Civil society
Dr David M. Allen	USA	Senior Program Officer, HIV/AIDS, TB, and Reproductive Health	Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation	Donors and international organisations
Prof. Eric Buch	South Africa	Health Advisor	NEPAD Secretariat	Policy makers
Mrs Felicita Hikuam	South Africa	Global Programmes Manager	World AIDS Campaign	Civil society
Mr Cheikh SB Kamara (Chairperson)	Mauritania	Consultant		Researchers
Mr Modibo Kane	Mali	President	RAP+ West Africa	People living with HIV/AIDS
Prof. Dan Kaseje	Kenya	Vice-Chancellor	Great Lakes University of Kisumu	Researchers
Dr Ariel R. King	USA	President	Ariel Foundation International	Civil society
Dr Okey Nwanyanwu	South Africa	Chief of Party	Centers for Disease Control and Prevention	Donors and International Organisations
Prof. Obioma Nwaorgu	Nigeria		Global Health Awareness Research Foundation	Civil society
Prof. Adebayo Olukoshi	Senegal	Executive Secretary	CODESRIA	Researchers
Mr Mark Stirling	South Africa	Director	UNAIDS Regional Support Team for East & Southern Africa	Donors and International Organisations
Dr Ruth Tshabalala	Swaziland	Director	Siyanaka Health Centre	Civil Society

This Board plays much the same role as the Contintental Advisory Board, but its focus is limited to the East & Central Africa SAHARA office.

Name	Country
Dr Agnes Binagwaho	Rwanda
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Dr Kambale Kavuo	DRC
Dr Elizabeth Kiboneka	Uganda
Dr Immaculate Makatete	Rwanda
Dr Retta Menberu	Ethiopia
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Prof. Peter Ndumba	Cameroon
Dr Marsden Solomon	Kenya
Prof. Miriam Were	Kenya

This Board plays much the same role as the Contintental Advisory Board, but its focus is limited to the West Africa SAHARA office.

ame	Country	Job Title	Institution
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	Nigeria		Department of Guidance and Counselling, University of Ilorin
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	Guinea Bissau	Anthropologist	National Institute for Scientific Research
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	Senegal	Editor and professor	University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	Ivory Coast		Ministry of Health
Cheikh Saad Bou Kamara	Mauritania		University of Mauritania, Consultant
Mr Modibo Kane	Mali	President	RAP+ West Africa
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	DRC	Demographer
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	Senegal	SAHARA West Africa Coordinator, Professsor of Sociology and Anthropology	University Cheikh Anta Diop of Dakar
This e-mail address is being protected from spam bots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it	Burkina Faso		Association Burkina Action
Dr Placide Tapsoba	Ghana	Senior Officer	Population Council Regional Office, Accra