Sunday, 4 October 2015

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: HEALTH CHAMPIONS MERIT AWARDS - Deadline November 30 2015

Dear Stakeholders in Health in Nigeria,

The Health Systems and Projects Consultants on behalf of the Coalition of CSOs and NGOs in Health in Nigeria [COCSONGOSH]/Afrihealth Optonet Association and Society for Conservation and Sustainability of Energy and Environment in Nigeria (SOCSEEN) hereby invite nominations for the HEALTH CHAMPIONS MERIT AWARDS (HCMA).

The HCMA is meant to appreciate individuals, communities, organizations/companies/societies, governments, civil society and development partners - dead or alive, Nigerian or foreign – who have contributed to the enthronement of a “state of complete physical, mental and social wellbeing, and not just the absence of diseases and infirmities” in Nigeria since 1914.

Each awardee shall receive a commemorative plaque, certificate and pin/lapel of insignia that will always stand her/him out as who she/he is/was in the history of health and sustainable development in Nigeria. Nominations from individuals, government, business, professions, communities and non-government/non-State sectors (NGOs, CSOs, FBOs and CBOs) are welcome. There is no limit to the number of nominations which an individual or entity may make, or the number of areas for which an individual or entity may be nominated for awards.

The Health Champions Merit awards shall specifically be presented for contributions that have successfully promoted/contributed to the realization of Health for All or Sustainable Development in Nigeria, through partnerships/collaboration, advocacy/mobilization, research/M&E/evidence-generation, capacity development/training and outreach interventions/service delivery in the following areas:
1.      Healthcare

2.      HIV/AIDS

3.      TB

4.      Malaria

5.      Health Insurance

6.      Infant/Child Health

7.      Immunization

8.      Maternal Health

9.      Adolescent Health

10.  Water

11.  Sanitation

12.  Renewable Energy

13.  Energy Conservation

14.  Energy Efficiency

15.  Environmental Management

16.  Environmental Sustainability

17.  Nutrition

18.  Agriculture

19.  Food Security

20.  Food Production

21.  Pharmaceutical Manufacturing

22.  Pharmaceutical Distribution/Wholesales

23.  Pharmaceutical Retails/Patent Medicine Vending

24.  Pharmacovigilance

25.  Good Governance

26.  Gender Promotion

27.  Health/Human Rights

28.  Partnership

29.  Advocacy

30.  Mobilization

31.  Media

32.  Research

33.  Capacity Building/Training

34.  Outreach

35.  Health Leadership

36.  Health Policy

37.  Health Legislation

38.  Health Rights

39.  Health Management Information Systems (HMIS)                                      

40.  Service Delivery

41.  Access to Health Commodities/Supply Chain Management                                     

42.  Health Financing                                            

43.  Governance/Leadership in Health                                         

44.  Management for Health                                             

45.  Human Resources for Health (HRH)

46.  Philanthropy in favour of Health 

All NOMINATIONS must be submitted with the following information:

  1. Name, current or last Position and organization of the nominee
  2. Full contact information of the nominee or next of kin for nominees who have died or ceased to exist (email, phone, postal address, office address, website, blog)
  3. Brief description of the nominee
  4. Justification for the nomination, i.e. why is this nominee among the most influential/best one hundred things that happened to Health in Nigeria, in the last one hundred years
A multi-stakeholders Health Champions Merit Awards selection committee has been set up to assess all nominations and recommend eligible awardees based on merit and stated criteria.

All nominations should be addressed and emailed to:

The Chairperson
Health Champions Merit Awards selection committee
COCSONGOSH/Afrihealth Optonet Association
healthchampions.a2z@gmail.com and copy hspempowerments@gmail.com
with subject as ‘Health Champions Merit Awards: name of nomine’

NOMINATION PERIOD: not later than close of business (CoB) on 30 November 2015

For further information, contact:

Dr. Uzodinma Adirieje
Health Systems and Projects Consultants Ltd
Suite 216, Block G, FHA Cornershop, Lugbe, Airport Road, Abuja
P.O. Box 8880, Wuse Abuja, Nigeria
Ph: +234 9 291 5732; Mob: +234 81 88 55 44 14
Emails: hspempowerments@gmail.com, hspcltd@yahoo.com
www.http://hspcempowerments.blogspot.com
Web: http://druzodinmadirieje.blogspot.com.ng