The Nigerian Healthcare Excellence Award (NHEA) has unveiled nominees for the PharmAccess Foundation SafeCare Award categories, marking a decade of strategic collaboration aimed at driving quality improvement in the nation’s health sector.
In a statement signed by Moses Braimah, media spokesperson for NHEA, the organisation emphasised its longstanding partnership with the PharmAccess Foundation, which has consistently spotlighted healthcare facilities demonstrating outstanding performance on the internationally recognised SafeCare Quality Platform.
The 2025 edition will honour two distinct categories: the PharmAccess Most Active Public Facility and the PharmAccess Most Active Private Facility on the SafeCare platform.
Nominated public facilities include: Orile Agege General Hospital; Ikorodu General Hospital; Ibeju-Lekki General Hospital; and Lagos Island Maternity Hospital.
In the private category, nominees are:South Shore Women’s and Children’s Hospital; R-Jolad Hospital; Lifeline Children Hospital; and Lakeshore Cancer Centre.
The selection of nominees followed a rigorous, data-driven evaluation that considered performance metrics, quality improvement efforts, and ongoing engagement with the SafeCare digital tool, which benchmarks healthcare facilities against globally accepted standards.
Njide Ndili, country director of PharmAccess Foundation Nigeria, described the awards as a vital recognition of facilities that have embraced structured quality improvement. “These nominees have shown a strong commitment to patient safety and clinical excellence,” she said. “We are proud to continue this partnership with NHEA to celebrate innovation and data-driven health improvements.”
Dr Wale Alabi, NHEA project director, echoed this sentiment, noting that the award category has been instrumental in promoting accountability and progress in Nigeria’s healthcare delivery. “Our decade-long partnership with PharmAccess has significantly shaped the quality conversation within the sector,” he said.
The SafeCare methodology, developed in partnership with the Joint Commission International (JCI) and the Council for Health Service Accreditation of Southern Africa (COHSASA), is designed to support healthcare providers in resource-constrained environments to implement measurable quality improvements.
Public Voting Now Open
Organisers have also announced that public voting is now open via the official NHEA portal: https://nigeriahealthcareawards.com.ng/online-voting. Voting will close at midnight on June 15, 2025.
Winners will be announced at the prestigious NHEA 2025 Awards Night scheduled for Friday, June 27, 2025, at the Convention Centre, Eko Hotel & Suites, Victoria Island, Lagos.
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