African Red Cross/Red Crescent Societies' Health Initiative 2000-2010
Project / Programme Summary

1. Objectives
   • Initiate the African Red Cross / Red Crescent Health Initiative 2010 (ARCHI 2010), a process to review the priorities for RC/RC health support to Africa until the year 2010.
   • Develop options and a flexible framework for a strategy (2000-2010) to strengthen African RC/RC Societies' capacities to respond more effectively to tomorrow's basic health needs of the populations served by RC/RC Societies.
2. Activities / contents (for 1999):
   • Analyse and organise findings of 1998 field visit reports into the ARCHI 2010 information database.
   • Begin building a flexible framework of health priorities and options for RC/RC engagement.
   • Establish an ARCHI 2010 expert committee to review and advise on ARCHI 2010 strategy.
   • Conduct five sub-regional health strategy meetings with African NS, MoHs and other partners.
   • Conduct one-day African Health Strategy Pre-Conference (October 1999).
   • Support dissemination of African Health Strategy (ARCHI 2010).
3. Expected outcomes / impact (by end 1999):
   • African NS committed and engaged in ARCHI process.
   • African MoHs and selected international organisations aware of and involved in process.
   • Development of plan of action to support African NS health programming capacity.
4. Features in line with the Agenda for Action:
   This project contributes to building the capacity of African National RC/RC Societies to play a meaningful role as civil society agents in their own countries by contributing to the promotion of citizens' health in cooperation with governmental and international organisations.

Africa Dept, International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies, PO Box 372, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland.