In an effort to improve healthcare delivery in Nigeria, PharmAccess Foundation will be partnering the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA), which recognizes excellence amongst healthcare professionals and organizations for the 5th consecutive year.
The NHEA 2021 tagged, ‘Celebrating Nigeria Healthcare Heroes’ is scheduled 26 June is organized by Global Health Project and Resources (GHPR) in collaboration with Anadach Group, USA, while PharmAccess has title sponsor of the “SafeCare Facility Award” category that recognizes quality improvement and excellence in service delivery based on its ISQua accredited SafeCare quality standards.
“This award category is to encourage standardization in healthcare service delivery in both public and private sector hospitals towards better health outcomes for patients,” said Njide Ndili, the country director of PharmAccess Foundation, Nigeria.
According to her, over 300 hospitals in Nigeria have been assessed using the SafeCare quality improvement methodology, hence it’s important that healthcare organizations rising up to the challenge of better healthcare for quality improvement are recognized so that best practices are shared.
Moses Braimah, the NHEA director of marketing, communication and strategy, said due to growing awareness and acceptance of the award by various stakeholders, organisers are expecting about 30% increase in the nominations for this year.
According to him, 28 awards and recognitions will be presented at the ceremony, which are divided into five main categories: Special Recognition Awards, Special Awards, Healthcare Delivery Services, Biomedical Technology and Pharmaceuticals.
“The award focuses on outstanding performances, creation of new business models, recognition of those who embrace new trends, market leadership and inspirational performance amongst others,” said Braimah.
Speaking on the ceremony, the project coordinator, Wale Alabi , announced that the LOC hopes to continuously use the platform presented by this award to celebrate all those who have contributed in one way or the other to help the nation battle the healthcare challenges of 2020 which were further exacerbated by COVID-19.
He therefore urged various health stakeholders to visit the award website, www.nigeriahealthawards.com.ng to make their nominations. “Nomination will close on midnight of Saturday, May 22, 2021, while the event will take place on Friday, June 25, at the Convention Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos,” he stated.
Speaking further on the award categories, Alabi said NHEA is the Oscar of Nigeria healthcare awards. Accordingly, in the last seven years the award has grown to become a point of reference in the industry.
“We would continue to do our best in order not to abuse the confidence placed on us. Moreover, we were unable to hold the award in 2020 due to the challenging situation presented by the ravaging coronavirus then. With new improvement and present level of technology, we believe we are in a better position to hold the event this year,” Alabi said.
Other categories of the awards include: Lifetime Achievements Award, Most Responsive COVID-19 State Government of the Year, Most Outstanding COVID-19 State Health Commissioner of the Year, Most Outstanding COVID-19 Support Public Laboratory Company of the Year, Most Outstanding COVID-19 Support Private Laboratory Company of the Year, and Most Outstanding COVID-19 CSR Health Project of the Year.
Others are Outstanding Healthcare Financial Institution of the Year, Outstanding NGO Support Company of the Year, Healthcare Media Excellence Award-Print, Healthcare Media Excellence Award-Online, Healthcare Media Excellence Award- Broadcast, Biomedical Engineering Service Company of the Year, IVF Service Provider of the Year, Dialysis Service Provider of the Year, Technology-Driven Pharmaceutical Distributor of the Year, Most Improved Pharmaceutical Retail Outlet of the Year and more.
