AFPAN was initiated in response to a mandate created by delegates attending the first CDC-International Union for Health Promotion Education’s International Course on Physical Activity and Health in Africa in March 2007. The recognition of physical inactivity as a significant risk factor for chronic, non-communicable diseases began even earlier. In 2002, the 55th World Health Assembly of the World Health Organisation passed a resolution that recommended a day be set aside annually to recognise and celebrate “Move for Health”. This was followed by the development and publication of the Global Strategy for Diet and Physical Activity and Health in May 2004.
The most recent WHO reports indicate that global efforts to reduce the prevalence of physical inactivity in adults and adolescents by 15% by 2030, as outlined in the Global Action Plan on Physical Activity 2018 – 2030, are not on target.
What People Say
If you want to go fast, go alone. If you want to go far, go together.
African Proverb
Exercise is the key not only to physical health but to peace of mind.
Nelson Mandela
Lack of activity destroys the good condition of every human being, while movement and methodical physical exercise save it and preserve it.
Plato
African Physical Activity Network 