NHEA Awards Will Celebrate Excellence in Healthcare Delivery

The 8th edition of the Nigeria Healthcare Excellence Awards (NHEA) will be going global as it is slated to reward and celebrate excellence in healthcare delivery in Nigeria on Friday, the 24th of June.

As it is organised by the Global Health Project and Resources (GHPR) and collaborating with Anadach Group, USA, the purpose of the NHEA is to recognise and celebrate the achievements of personalities and organisations who have made immense contributions to the growth and development of the nation’s health sector in the past year.

The awards, which aims to encourage and acknowledge quality in their day-to-day delivery of health services, will afford recipients the unveiled plaque.

Dr. Anthony Omolola, the Chairman NHEA Advisory Board, has stated that the NHEA strives to halt medical tourism to the barest minimum while also attracting some of Nigeria’s brains abroad back home.

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“Currently, we have quite a lot of healthcare personnel leaving this country. We want to retain them. We are encouraging our colleagues in the diaspora that they can come and work in this facility that is of international standard that we can all be proud of.”

Althpugh he admitted the challenges plaguing the nation, Dr. Omolola had also commended the efforts of healthcare facilities that have given it their best to make sure the level of medical tourism in Nigeria is brought to a minimal level. “We need to appreciate them,” he noted.

For the NHEA, the gesture was to depict to the world that Nigeria has some good facilities despite the many hurdles she goes through.

“People can still come and visit some of these facilities for healthcare delivery and also in terms of healthcare supplies. We are the pioneers of the NHEA that is out to reward excellence. When you are recognised for doing better, you will want to do more.”

However, the chairman had also cautioned that if they don’t acknowledge their efforts, it would egg them on to start leaving the country.