Healthcare Sabha 2017 Pays Homage To Public Health Champions

Celebrates commitment to safeguard India’s health with Express Public Health Awards, in collaboration with Glenmark, Public Health Foundation of India and KPMG. 

- Lakshmipriya Nair

Express Public Health Awards, in its second edition, honoured state governments, public sector institutes, government hospitals and NGOs for their exemplary efforts to achieve UN’s Sustainable Development Goals (SDG) related to health.

Held concurrently with Healthcare Sabha 2017, at Novotel Visakhapatnam, it began with a welcome address by Viveka Roychowdhury, Editor, Express Healthcare. She explained that the awards were a tribute to public health champions for their commitment towards people’s welfare and good health in the face of diverse challenges like budgetary constraints, resource restraints and exacting timelines. She expressed her thanks to Glenmark, the Presenting Partner; Public Health Foundation of India, the Knowledge Partner and KPMG, the Process Partner.

She also introduced the eminent jury comprising Dr Srinath Reddy, Founder and President, PHFI and Chairperson of the Jury; Dr RK Srivastava, Sr Advisor, Public Health and Innovation, WISH Foundation, Delhi; and Bejon Misra, Founder, PSM India; Dr Sheetal Amte-Karajgi, CEO, Maharogi Sewa Samiti, Warora; Prof Yogesh Chawla, Immediate Past Director, PGIMER, Chandigarh; Prof Dr Bhabatosh Biswas, Vice Chancellor, Health University, West Bengal and Dr M Prakasamma, Executive Director, ANSWERS, Hyderabad. She also expressed her gratitude to all the jurists for their invaluable contribution in choosing the deserving winners.

In a Skype address, Dr Reddy stated that PHFI is very glad to partner with Express Healthcare in celebrating the game changers in India’s public health sector.