Alberto de Rosa, awarded for his career in health management at the first “Joan Calafat Health Awards”.

• The president of the health group stresses the importance of involving all stakeholders in tackling health challenges and the invaluable contribution of the media in this task.
• The awards are created to consolidate the legacy of the renowned health communicator, founder of Salut i Força.

The president of the Ribera Health Group, Alberto de Rosa, has been awarded in the first edition of the Joan Calafat Health Awards with an Honourable Mention for health management. These awards were created to consolidate the legacy of Joan Calafat, a renowned health communicator who passed away in 2022, founder and first director of the television programme Salut i Força, and of the paper publication of the same name, as well as to promote health care and research.

The awards ceremony, organised by the magazine Salut i Força last Friday in Mallorca, was attended by numerous political authorities and personalities from the world of health, professional associations and representatives of private healthcare, as well as academics and researchers, such as the president of the Balearic Government, Margalida Prohens; the president of the Consell de Mallorca, Llorenç Galmés; the councillor for Health, Manuela García; the manager of IBSalut, Javier Ureña, and the director of Salut i Força, Carlos Hernández, among others.

During the presentation of the award, Alberto de Rosa stressed the need for all agents to collaborate in order to face the global health challenges in this post-pandemic stage. “The contribution of the media is invaluable as an agent of influence in society, which can contribute to improving the quality of life of citizens through its informative and informative work”. The president of the Ribera Group also had words of recognition for the founder of the publishing house. “Joan Calafat was a pioneer, a teacher for many communicators and health professionals,” he said.

In addition to the health management award received by Alberto de Rosa, other awards were presented at the same ceremony, such as the prize for the best final degree project (TFG) in Medicine at the UIB, the best TFG in Related Health Sciences, and three honorary prizes awarded respectively to the best nurse of the year, the best doctor of the year and the best pharmacist of the year.