The KWCHIS on Thursday won the 2016 Financial Times/
IFC Transformational Business Award.
Akorede said KWCHIS beat GSK UK, Etisalat UAE, Living
Goods
USA and Sustainable Health USA to win the
“Achievement in Sustainable Development: Maternal and
Infant Health Category ‘’ of the award.
According to him, the event was held at the Hilton Hotel,
Bankside, in London and had in attendance the Director
General of the Kwara State Hospital Management Board,
Mrs. Bunmi Jetawo Winter, and the Executive Secretary
of KWCHIS, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Abdulsalam.
He said the health programme was selected for the
prestigious business award after a rigorous review of
different programmes from across the world that had had
transformational impact.
Akorede said the Financial Times award was a
remarkable testimony of the impact of the health scheme
on the people of Kwara.
He also said the award was a motivation for the efforts
of the state government toward finding a long-term
financing solution for the programme.
The governor noted that the recognition had added
impetus to the state government’s efforts in expanding
rural access to affordable healthcare delivery.
He stressed that his government would continue to
prioritise the wellbeing of the people by initiating policies
and programmes that would increase efficiency and
effectiveness in the healthcare system of the state.
The governor thanked the state’s partners in the
scheme-- the Dutch Government, PharmAccess
Foundation and Hygeia Community Health-- for
supporting the scheme since it was launched.
NAN recalls that the scheme allows beneficiaries to have
access to quality health care all year round for a token of
N500.
Ahmed recalled that the health insurance scheme in 2014
in Paris won the finalist prize at the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Development Assistance Committee awards for
development initiative.
The governor said the scheme had also received
commendation from the United Nations and Bill Gates
Foundation for its creative approach to pro-poor health
care.
IFC Transformational Business Award.
Akorede said KWCHIS beat GSK UK, Etisalat UAE, Living
Goods
USA and Sustainable Health USA to win the
“Achievement in Sustainable Development: Maternal and
Infant Health Category ‘’ of the award.
According to him, the event was held at the Hilton Hotel,
Bankside, in London and had in attendance the Director
General of the Kwara State Hospital Management Board,
Mrs. Bunmi Jetawo Winter, and the Executive Secretary
of KWCHIS, Alhaji Abdulrazaq Abdulsalam.
He said the health programme was selected for the
prestigious business award after a rigorous review of
different programmes from across the world that had had
transformational impact.
Akorede said the Financial Times award was a
remarkable testimony of the impact of the health scheme
on the people of Kwara.
He also said the award was a motivation for the efforts
of the state government toward finding a long-term
financing solution for the programme.
The governor noted that the recognition had added
impetus to the state government’s efforts in expanding
rural access to affordable healthcare delivery.
He stressed that his government would continue to
prioritise the wellbeing of the people by initiating policies
and programmes that would increase efficiency and
effectiveness in the healthcare system of the state.
The governor thanked the state’s partners in the
scheme-- the Dutch Government, PharmAccess
Foundation and Hygeia Community Health-- for
supporting the scheme since it was launched.
NAN recalls that the scheme allows beneficiaries to have
access to quality health care all year round for a token of
N500.
Ahmed recalled that the health insurance scheme in 2014
in Paris won the finalist prize at the Organization of
Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
Development Assistance Committee awards for
development initiative.
The governor said the scheme had also received
commendation from the United Nations and Bill Gates
Foundation for its creative approach to pro-poor health
care.
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