"Why We Are Organizing The Healthertainment Event" - Dr. Julz

The Word "Healthertainment" is one that is gradually gaining currency amongst people who take issues bothering their health seriously in Nigeria. Healthertainment is an event that brings health practitioners to interface with the general public in an entertaining and engaging environment. Recently, the second edition of Healthertainment was held in Lagos.

In this brief but insightful interview with Nigeria Natural Health Online, the organizer of the event, Dr. Juliet Offiah (a.k.a Dr. Julz) speaks on the concept behind Healthertainment and how it is positioned to impact the health sector.

 

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My name is Dr. Juliet Offiah (a.k.a Dr. Julz), the presenter of Health Matters with Dr. Julz on NigeriaInfo F.M. I'm a Doctor with 12years of clinical experience and also the company doctor of AIM Group, owners of NigeriaInfo F.M, Cool F.M and Wazobia F.M.

What is Healthertainment all about?

Today we are here on a platform on Healthertainment, an event that brings practitioners in the health sector in an entertaining atmosphere. It is a platform created to bring personalities in the health sector together for the purpose of giving impactful health information to the general public. Health information is empowerment and the aim is to empower players in the sector by giving information that can drive their health consciousness.

How long have you been doing these and what impacts have you made so far? 

It was a concept created out of the award winning show, Health Matters which Dr. Julz on NigeriaInfo F.M. The show itself has been going on for past the six to seven years. In the process, we realized that it would be beneficial to have a one-on-one interface with listeners of the show: so we decided to take it from just mere listening to audio visual. So we kicked off the Healthertainment event and the feedback we have gotten so far has been very encouraging because people now make better health choices. Healthertainment is just about 1 year old but the impact has been so wonderful. This is our second edition and as we are gearing up for more episodes, we know that the impact will even be much more in the years to come.

In what ways is today’s edition special?

You were there in the last edition and you can see the difference, the turn out of people is much more than what we had last year. We have more corporate organizations represented here, we have more people exhibiting organic and health based product. We even have a special school that caters for educational needs of children. This year’s event cuts across various organizations in the country. The visibility is much more and more welcoming than what we had last year. Another thing we noticed about this year’s event is that people registered very early on like last year when people had a somewhat lukewarm attitude toward it. People are now becoming more conscious of their health needs. The entertaining environment also made it possible for a more lively and engaging audience.

What are we looking out for in the next edition?

We have been doing it once in a year but now people are clamouring and asking for quarterly editions. So we have a plan of making it happen at least 3times a year. We will also be looking at building a team with organizations for the purpose of impacting them healthwise. Most of the ailments people have these days can be traced to the workplace environment; so when you improve people’s health in their workplace, it will positively affect their productivity. Thus, we want to carry the message to them under the Healthertainment platform.

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