Public Health Foundation of India and Glenmark join The Indian Express Group and Express Healthcare in this endeavour
The first edition of Express Public Health awards was held at Mariott, Hyderabad on March 5, 2016. It was a part of Healthcare Sabha, a two-day conference which was attended by policymakers and stakeholders of public health to deliberate on cohesive, unified and innovative ways to achieve the vision of the National Health Mission.
The Express Public Health Awards sought to honour the visionaries, innovators, and game changers from public healthcare. It began with a welcome address by Viveka Roychowdhury, Editor, Express Healthcare. She spoke on the vision behind the awards and expressed her thanks to Public Health Foundation of India, the Knowledge Partner and Glenmark, the Presenting Partner.
Dr Srinath Reddy, the Chairperson of the jury for Express Public Health Awards took the stage to explain the concept and the need to encourage initiatives that help improve public health in India.
This was followed by the awards ceremony. The winners were as follows:
Express Public Health Award for Efficiently Run Public Health Programmes by a State went to the State Government of Chhattisgarh for innovative initiatives in developing human resources for health aimed at improving outreach of services to difficult to reach populations, exemplified by the Mitanin programme, operationalisation of SNCUs and incentivising health personnel in extremism affected areas.
Express Public Health Award For The Most Effective Public Private Partnership was given to HLL Lifecare, Tamil Nadu for their exemplary initiative in producing low cost sanitary napkins, for promoting affordable menstrual hygiene for adolescent girls and women.
Nari O Shisu Kalyan Kendra, Howrah received the Express Public Health Award For The Most Effective Healthcare NGO for effective community action to overcome resistance to polio vaccination and routine immunisation, and increasing coverage rates through impactful behaviour change.
There were two winners in the Express Public Health Award for the Most Effective Health Technology System category. All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Delhi won this award for operating an efficient online appointment system for OPD services, resulting in high levels of patient convenience and satisfaction, while Postgraduate Institute of Medical Education and Research, Chandigarh received it for developing innovative health information management software for optimising average length of stay for patients in hospital, thereby decreasing costs and increasing turnover.
The Express Public Health Award for Lifetime Achievement Award for Contribution in Public Health went to SEARCH, Gadchiroli for path breaking contributions to community-based healthcare of children and women, with impactful research-led programmes of health service delivery in a developmentally backward region of rural Maharashtra.
The Jury Choice Award For Socially Responsive Healthcare Delivery by Private Institution was jointly awarded to Aravind Eye Care System, LV Prasad Eye Institute and Sankara Nethralaya for inspirational leadership in providing high-quality eye care to millions through pro-poor services extending from hospitals to communities.
The seventh and the final category, the Jury Choice Award For Corporate Contributions To Public Health was awarded to GVK-EMRI for providing emergency health transport services across the country, through an innovative PPP model. Piramal Swasthya Management Institute also won in this category for providing health information helplines and mobile diagnostic services in several states, through PPP models.
The evening came to a close with a Vote of Thanks to all the jurists, Desi Raju, Former Secretary, in the Union Ministry of Health & Family Welfare, Dr Jayaprakash Narayan, former Member of National Advisory Council (NAC), and Second Administrative Reforms Commission (ARC), Dr Leila Varkey, independent public health consultant and researcher on maternal and child health, as well as a Member of the HLEG on Universal health Coverage- Planning Commission and all the dignitaries who were part of the two-day summit. Cocktails and dinner followed the awards ceremony.
EH News Bureau
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