By Chioma Umeha
PharmAccess Foundation Nigeria has explained the
rationale behind its activities in the country, saying they are committed to
state-of-the-art healthcare service delivery.
Meanwhile, the organisation is partnering with the
Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award, NHEA, to recognize and celebrate
innovative healthcare service providers in Nigeria during this year’s award
ceremonies billed to hold June 22nd, 2018 in Lagos.
According to Njide Ndili, PharmAccess Nigeria
Country Director, “This is our third consecutive year of partnership with NHEA
but our second year as the sponsor of the innovative healthcare service
provider award category.
“Our motivation supports our core objectives,
which is to promote innovation that improves access and efficiency in service
delivery at scale, leveraging technology at an affordable cost without bias to
your location, economic status or income level.”
“Our goal is to provide technical assistance to
states seeking to operationalise their mandatory health insurance law; deepen
engagements with federal and state Ministries of Health and primary healthcare
development agencies to scale SafeCare methodology in Nigeria.
“Others are to leverage on the digital and mobile
technology innovations to achieve scale among others with a vision to increase
access to affordable and better healthcare,” Ndili added.
Speaking on the development, Dr. Shola Alabi,
Project Coordinator for NHEA,
said, “NHEA is Nigeria’s leading healthcare platform that recognizes
excellence and innovation in the healthcare sector. We value our partnership
with PharmAccess. Their desire for continuous improvement in the sector
deserves special commendation.”
“Nominations for the fifth edition of NHEA 2018 is
ongoing and stakeholders can visit nigeriahealthawards website to either make
their nominations online or download the nomination form. Winners of the
various categories will be honoured on Friday, June 22, 2018 in Lagos Lagos.
Nominations closes today before the commencement
of online voting to enable the award jury select the winners of the various
categories.
Also, 23 awards and recognitions will be presented
at the ceremony under four main categories; Special Awards, Healthcare Delivery
Services, Biomedical Technology and Pharmaceuticals.” NHEA is organised by
Global Health Project and Resources (GHPR) in collaboration with Anadach Group,
USA.
