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Celebrating excellence in
global health and care

Where excellence is recognised, talent is nurtured, and policy is shaped.

CommonHealth Awards CIC

CommonHealth Awards is a UK-based Nonprofit Social Enterprise (Community Interest Company) dedicated to recognising achievements and fostering talent in Health, Social Care and Public Health sectors in the UK, within the Commonwealth and across the world. We celebrate inspiring leaders, nurture rising young voices, and use insights from our work to help advance policy for healthier, more caring societies.

Why Our Work Matters

Health and care are shaped every day by people whose contributions are rarely recognised. CommonHealth Awards CIC shines a light on this work across government, private, and voluntary sectors, recognising achievement and helping to build a culture where health is a shared value and care a collective responsibility.

By uplifting excellence and backing emerging talent, we nurture new generations of health and care champions whose ideas and experience can drive better policy and practice. Our flagship Global Health & Social Care Awards Gala celebrates young people, professionals, teachers, student leaders, organisations, institutions, local governments and departments, and social and political leaders whose work transforms lives and strengthens communities worldwide.

Strategic Focus Areas

CommonHealth Awards CIC celebrates excellence, inspires innovation, and builds leadership in health and care — from local communities to global platforms.

Celebrating Excellence

We honour the people who make a difference. Through our national and international awards, we recognise outstanding achievement in healthcare practice, research, policy, and community work. Our awards shine a light on innovation, equity, and the human compassion at the heart of care.

Inspiring Youth
Leadership

We nurture the next generation of health leaders. Young people engage with real-world health challenges through essay and documentary competitions, debates, and research collaborations. These initiatives build confidence, critical thinking, and advocacy skills — giving youth a voice in shaping future health policy.

Strengthening Health Policy

We bring community insight into policy conversations. By engaging in public consultations and working with government and professional partners, we turn grassroots ideas into practical policy recommendations. Our advocacy promotes equity, workforce sustainability, and quality across health and care systems

Empowering Communities

We help communities understand and manage their own health. Our programmes build health literacy, support families navigating care services, and strengthen local capacity to promote wellbeing. Together, we address social factors that influence health and create stronger, more resilient communities

Growing the Health Workforce

We invest in the people who deliver care. Through leadership coaching, communication training, and mentoring, we help professionals grow the skills and confidence to lead change. Our goal is a capable, compassionate, and inclusive health and social care and public health workforce for the future.

Governance

Executive & Advisory

Harish Nair CEO

Founder & Chief Executive CommonHealth Awards CIC

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Professor Mammo Muchie

Chair - Scientific Advisory Board, CommonHealth Awards CIC (Globally renowned Academic & DST/NRF Rated Research Professor of Innovation Studies, Tshwane University of Technology, Pretoria, South Africa)

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Professor Getachew Engida

Chair, International Jury & Global Strategy, CommonHealth Awards CIC (Former Deputy Director General – UNESCO, Distinguished Professor, CALDI, Beijing)

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Professor Stephen E. Little

Chair, Academic Advisory Board, CommonHealth Awards CIC (Director, Centre for Pan-African Studies, Hume Institute for Post Graduate Studies, Lausanne, Switzerland)

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Dr Arun K. Bhaskar

Member, Scientific Advisory Board , Pain Medicine, CommonHealth Awards CIC (Former President, British Pain Society; Consultant, Imperial College NHS, London UK)

Mrs Deepti Kataria

Member, Scientific Advisory Board (Ubuntu & NGO Vision) (Secretary, Africa Study Centre, Cairo, Egypt)

In loving memory of Dr Saddiq M H

Late Member, Scientific Advisory Board (Child Health) (Consultant Paediatrician, KIMS Health, India)

Dr Aju P. Daniel

Member, Scientific Advisory Board (Infectious Diseases, Internal Medicine), CommonHealth Awards CIC (Consultant, Infectious Diseases, Prima CARE, Massachusetts, USA)

Dr Hibist Kassa

Member, Scientific Advisory Board (Policy Analysis), CommonHealth Awards CIC (Researcher, Political Economy, University of Leicester, UK)

Prof Dr Padmini Murthy

Member, Academic Advisory Board, Global Public Health, CommonHealth Awards CIC (Physician; Professor; Global Health Advocate; Health Policy/ UN Consultant; Global Health Lead, American Medical Women's Association)

Ms Naabil Khan

Academic Advisory Board Member (Youth Health Leadership), CommonHealth Awards CIC; (Medical Student, University of Exeter; TedX Speaker, Founder, Skin for All.)

Prof Dr Lal Madathil

Member, Academic Advisory Board (Oral Pathology, Bioethics, TNE), CommonHealth Awards CIC. (FRCPS (Glasgow); Bioethics; SAARC Nodal Chair)