Over 110 Nominees For 2019 NHEA Online Voting


• Lagoon, GTB, Others Nominated

Chioma Umeha
Lagos – Online voting has commenced for the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA 2019) for over 110 organisations and individuals on the award platform and will end midnight.
The theme for this sixth edition is ‘bringing standard to Nigeria healthcare.’
A statement signed by Moses Braimah, Director, Marketing, Communication and Strategy said, Final nominees were selected by the NHEA Jury for e-voting following about 6,000 nominations received from the public.
Winners for each award category will be announced at a grand ballroom ceremony in Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos on Friday, June 21, 2019.
Moses Braimah, NHEA Director of Communication, Marketing & Strategy says, “The over 300 percent increase in nominations received this year compared to 2018 edition has broken all previous records. It once again shows increased acceptability and confidence of stakeholders in our processes.”
“The NHEA Jury wants everyone to visit our website and vote for any nominee of their choice,” Braimah added.
Some of the nominees are, Lagoon Hospitals, Avon HMO, GE, Healthplus, GTBank, Punch newspaper, Eye Foundation, Synlab, JNCI, Clinix, Medplus Pharmacy, Total Health Trust, Hygeia, Smile 360 Dental, Sterling Bank, Renal Dialysis , Bridge Clinic, DCL Laboratory, Lily Hospital, Reddington and Healthline On Radio.
Others are, St Ives Hospitals, Nisa Premier Hospital, Zenith Medical & Kidney Centre, BeaconHill Smile Clinic, Ageless Physiotherapy, WellPath Physiotherapy, LASUTH, UCH, Emzor Pharmaceuticals, and PPC Limited.
The rest are Harmony Diagnostic Centre, CarePay, Hellocare, Havana Specialist Hospital, BOI, GroFin, Access Bank, Med Q Magazine, Pinnacle Radio, Abia State, Delta State, etc.
NHEA, the Oscar of Nigeria healthcare is supported by PharmAccess Foundation.
The award is organised by Global Health Project and Resources (GHPR) in collaboration with Anadach Group, USA.




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