Category: Health & Environment

2017 Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA)

Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) is an annual event, which celebrates distinguished personalities and organisations who have contributed immensely to the growth of the Nigerian health sector in the year under review.

Winners of the 2017 Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA)

1. Lifetime Achievement Award
• Prof. (Mrs.) Ibironke Akinsete
• Pharm. (Mazi) Sam Ohuabunwa

2. Nursing & Midwifery Excellence Award of the Year
• Prof. Ezekiel Olasunkanmi Ajao (Babcock University)

3. Outstanding State Healthcare Programme of the Year
• Delta State Contributory Health Insurance Scheme

4. Healthcare Media Excellence Award – Print
• Pharmanews

5. Healthcare Media Excellence Award – Electronic
• Mary Alale-Yusuf (Channels TV)

6. Healthcare Friendly Financial Institution of the Year
• Diamond Bank Plc

7. Private Healthcare Provider of the Year
• Lagoon Hospitals

8. Private Laboratory Service Provider of the Year
• Pathcare Laboratories – Lagos

9. Radiology Service Provider of the Year
• Clinix Healthcare – Lagos

10. Health Maintenance Organisation of the Year
• Total Health Trust Limited (a member of Liberty Holdings South Africa)

11. PharmAccess Innovative Healthcare Service Provider of the Year
• SaferMom

12. IVF Service Provider of the Year
• Nordica Fertility

13. Dialysis Service Provider of the Year
• Renal Dialysis Centre

14. Eye care Service Provider of the Year
• Eye Foundation Hospital

15. Dental Service Provider of the Year
• Smiles 360 Dental Specialist

16. Physiotherapy Service Provider of the Year
• Body Mechanics Physiotherapy and Wellness Centre

17. Tertiary Healthcare provider of the Year
• Aminu Kano Teaching Hospital, Kano

18. Healthcare Information Technology Provider of the Year
• Armpersand Logistics

19. Biomedical Engineering Service Provider of the Year
• GE Healthcare

20. Laboratory Equipment Marketing Company of the Year
• DCL Laboratory Product Ltd. – Abuja

21. Hospital Equipment Marketing Company of the Year
• JNC International

22. Pharmaceutical Retail Outlet of the Year
• Medplus Pharmacy

23. Pharmaceutical (Manufacturer) Operation Excellence
Company of the Year
• Emzor Pharmaceutical Industries Limited

The awards were [largely] determined by an independent jury team, votes from the e-voting platform, and the final decision of the Advisory Committee of NHEA.

Akinwumi Adesina Honored With 2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award

The President of the African Development Bank Group (AfDB), Akinwumi Adesina, has been honored with the 2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award by the Global Child Nutrition Foundation (GCNF) in Washington, DC.

The 2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award is in recognition of Adesina’s life-long work towards advancing agricultural development, which has contributed significantly to food security, particularly in Africa.

“A champion of nutrition, Dr. Adesina co-hosted the first official meeting of the African Leaders for Nutrition in 2016, and serves on the Global Panel on Agriculture and Food Systems for Nutrition,” the organisation said.

In his acceptance speech, Akinwumi Adesina underscored the importance of food, nutrition and the need to banish hunger and famine in a world full of surplus food and over-consumption, where annual food losses in developing countries are estimated to be US $310 billion.

In Africa’s case, food wasted can feed 300 million people in a continent where 250 million do not have enough food each day, he said, emphasizing the need to reduce food losses along the food chain, improve food distribution and target supplementary food supplies to poorer households.

“It is not just a social issue or just a health issue. Economic progress in the continent is being undermined by malnutrition which costs African economies around 11% of GDP annually – at least $25 billion annually in Sub-Saharan Africa. Malnutrition leaves a lasting legacy of pain and loss. Stunted children today leads to stunted economies tomorrow,” he said. In the course of a distinguished career as agricultural economist, development expert, Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development and President of the AfDB, Adesina has spared no effort to make agriculture the centre-piece of economic transformation, jobs creation and overall well-being of people.

Dr. Akinwumi Adesina concluded his remarks by quoting the renowned Greek physician, Hippocrates: “Let food be thy medicine and medicine thy food”.

The 2017 Gene White Lifetime Achievement Award complements a long list of global laurels earned for Adesina’s leadership and work in agriculture. In 2010, UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon appointed him as one of 17 global leaders to spearhead the Millennium Development Goals, along with Bill Gates, the Spanish Prime Minister and the President of Rwanda. He was named Person of the Year by Forbes Africa magazine in 2013.

The Global Child Nutrition Foundation is a network of governments, businesses, and civil society organizations working together to support school meal programs that help children and communities thrive. GCNF provides training, technical assistance, and networking opportunities to help governments build national school meal programs that are nutritious, locally-sourced, and ultimately independent from international aid.

The Award for Child Nutrition was created in 2004 to honor individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the worldwide dream of ending childhood hunger. The award is given in the name of Gene White, who has dedicated her life to the nutrition and well-being of children.

AGCPN-Clinical Trial Africa And NAFDAC Honour Health Experts [2017]

Foremost Nigerian vaccinologist and virology Dr. Simon Agwale, Professor Folakemi Odedina and Professor Uche Amazigo have been honored by AGCPN-Clinical Trial Africa And NAFDAC.

They are honoured with innovative awards in recognition of their innovations in health and economic development of Nigeria.

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Redeemer’s University (ACEGID) Develop 10-Minute Ebola & Lassa Fever Virus Test Kits

Scientists at the African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Diseases of Redeemer’s University, Ede, Osun State, have developed and patented two rapid diagnosis test kits for the Ebola Virus Disease and Lassa fever virus.

According to the University, the kits are able to detect the virus in human body fluids in 10 minutes.

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Dr. Olusegun Fagbohun & Lois Sanni win AFSCAN Awards 2017

The African Small Companion Animal Network (AFSCAN) has announced the recipients of its 2017 Research and Studentship Awards, which encourage small animal clinical research relevant to Africa and help train and develop veterinary students and academics working in Africa.

This marks the second year for the awards.

2017 Research Awards:
  • Dr. Olusegun A. Fagbohun from the University of Ibadan, Nigeria, received funding for a two-year project entitled: “Molecular Epidemiology of Rabies Virus in Dogs in Nigeria.”  This award is supported by the Swiss Association for Small Animal Medicine. 
  • Dr. Hezron Nonga from the College of Veterinary and Medical Sciences, Sokoine University of Agriculture in Morogoro, Tanzania, will be funded for two years in a project studying how to better protect people by curbing zoonotic parasites in dogs. Dr. Nonga’s award is supported by Zoetis and the Petplan Charitable Trust.
2017 Studentship Awards:
  • Lois Sanni from the Federal University of Agriculture, Ogun State, Nigeria, will participate in evaluating lipid peroxidation and plasma antioxidant in arthritic and in nonarthritic dogs.
  • Esther Ombura from the University of Nairobi, Kenya, to devote time to looking at antimicrobial resistance in dogs.
  • Victor Ishengoma from the Sokoine University of Agriculture, Tanzania, will use his award to collaborate on the project “Canine Transmissible Venereal Tumor in Tanzania: People’s Awareness and Disease Occurrence in Selected Villages in Morogoro.”

The Studentship Awards give fourth- or fifth-year African undergraduate veterinary students the opportunity to spend six to eight weeks participating in a research project related to disease or the welfare of companion animals of relevance to African society.

The AFSCAN project was launched in 2014 by the World Small Animal Veterinary Association Charitable Foundation in Dundas, Ontario, and is supported by Zoetis, a global animal health company headquartered in Parsippany, N.J., and Kruuse, a Danish veterinary equipment manufacturer, and other organizations that together form the AFSCAN Consortium.

 

OAU Receives $2 Million For Cancer Research

The Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU), Ile-Ife, has been awarded the sum of two million dollars ($2 million) by the Cancer Research Institute (CRI) in the United States, for cancer research into a permanent yet affordable treatment of the disease.

The synergy between CRI and the OAU Medical College actually began in 2010 with a ten (10) year plan, which surprisingly was attained within a few years.

Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu Receives Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire [2017]

Queen Elizabeth II of Britain has conferred one of the highest national honours, Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire, on a British-born Nigerian nurse, health expert, lecturer and medical professor, Ms. Elizabeth Nneka Anionwu.

The Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire conferment on Dame Anionwu of Irish and Nigerian descent was in recognition of her services to the nursing profession in the United Kingdom.

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