NHEA Invites Nominations For Outstanding Oncology Centres.
For its newly introduced award category, the Most Outstanding Oncology Centre of the Year, the Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA 2022) is accepting nominations. Oncology is known to be a branch of medicine that deals with the prevention, diagnosis, and treatment of cancer.
The nomination call includes several categories that are under the Special Recognition and Special Awards such as: Most Responsive COVID-19 Testing Company of the Year, Most Outstanding COVID -19 Consumables Manufacturer of the Year (Indigenous), the State with the Highest Percentage of COVID–19 Vaccinated Persons, Most Outstanding Genomic Laboratory of the Year, and State Government Health Insurance Scheme of the Year.
Dr. Shola Alabi, the NHEA Project Coordinator, spoke about this development and explained that the dynamics of the activities in the health sector in the last three years had made the new introductions possible by following careful reviews and suggestions. He called on the public to visit their site, www.nigeriahealthcareawards.com.ng/online-nominations-form/ to nominate. Nomination are expected to be closed on the 22nd of May, 2022.
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The theme for NHEA 2022 is Innovative Healthcare in the Era of Change. Vivian Alkali, the NHEA Executive Secretary, encouraged interested persons to visit the award site to find out more information regarding the entry criteria required for nomination.
Ms. Alkali listed some of the criteria to include, which were: Oncology facilities should; be established and providing services for more than 12 months; accredited by relevant federal and state health authorities; providing two of either Medical, Radiological or Surgical oncology services to the public; high patient volume above 100 patients per month; externally assessed quality of patient delivery; facility possesses an international certification of clinical quality; and have an established and functioning palliative care and end of life care system.
She explained that for the State Government Health Insurance Scheme: it is open to State Governments and the Federal Capital Territory of the Federal Republic of Nigeria that operate a program that is seen to be committed to the triad of Universal health; and a coverage that reduces the amount of out-of-pocket spending. In addition, the number of new enrollees or percentage increase of new enrollees should be annually; new health financing packages and models; a geographic spread of enrollees within the state; and the percentage number of citizens registered with the state health insurance program; etc.
The event is slated to be held on the 24th June, 2022 in Lagos and is supported by the Federal Ministry of Health, Nigeria Medical Association, and Association of General Private Medical Practitioners of Nigeria, Healthcare Federation of Nigeria, and PharmAccess Foundation.
