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List of Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health recipients

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This is a list of recipients of the Dr Lee Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health awarded by the World Health Organization.

Established in 2008 in memory of Lee Jong-wook (1945–2006) to celebrate outstanding contributions to public health that went beyond the call of normal duties. The prize consists of a plaque and a sum of money which will not exceed $100,000 USD.[1][2]

List of recipients edit

Yearmail Name Country
2009 Infectious Diseases, AIDS and Clinical Immunology Research Center[3][4][5]   Georgia
2010 Action for Aids (AfA)[6]   Singapore
2011 Clodomiro Picado Research Institute[7][8]   Costa Rica
2012 Pacific Leprosy Foundation[9][10][11][12]   New Zealand
2013 An Dong[13]   China
Diabetes Society of Maldives[14]   Maldives
2014 Sinata Koulla-Shiro[15][16]   Cameroon
Czech Society of Cardiology[17]   Czech Republic
2015 Thalassemia International Federation[18]   Cyprus
2016 Alireza Mesdaghinia[19][20]   Iran
2017 The Henry Reeve International Medical Brigade[21][22]   Cuba
2018 Nazni Wasi Ahmad[23][24][25]   Malaysia
2019 Balram Bhargava[26]   India
The Health Promotion Unit of the Department of Public Health[27]   Myanmar
2020 João Aprigio Guerra de Almeida[28]   Brazil
The Sickle Cell Disease Consortium[29]   Tanzania
2021 National Research Center for Radiation Medicine (NRCRM)[30][31]   Ukraine
2022 Prakit Vathesatogkit[32][33][34]   Thailand
Severe Hypothermia Treatment Centre[35][36]   Poland
2023 Jorge Francisco Meneses[37]   Guatemala

References edit

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  9. ^ "WHO awardees for the Western Pacific". www.who.int. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  10. ^ "Pacific Leprosy Foundation awarded $100,000". RNZ. 2012-05-03. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  11. ^ Stylianou, Georgina (2012-05-02). "Chch-based health group wins US$100,000 prize". Stuff. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  12. ^ "International award for NZ-based Pacific Leprosy Foundation". www.scoop.co.nz. May 3, 2012. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
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  24. ^ "Luxmi Dhoonmoon nominated for a National BAME Health and Care Award". Omniamedsso. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
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  26. ^ Garima (2019-05-27). "ICMR Director Dr Balram Bhargava conferred with Dr Lee Jong wook Memorial Prize for Public Health". medicaldialogues.in. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  27. ^ "Myanmar Health Promotion Team receives Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health". www.who.int. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  28. ^ "Ganhador do Prêmio Dr. Lee Jong-Wook de Saúde Pública 2020, João Aprígio defende mobilização social para doação de leite materno". Agência Fiocruz de Notícias (in Brazilian Portuguese). 2020-06-04. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  29. ^ "Sickle Cell consortium awarded 2020 Dr Lee Jong-Wook Memorial Prize for Public Health". African Leadership Institute. Archived from the original on 2022-12-16. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  30. ^ "WHO recognizes decades of service of Ukrainian researchers in radiation medicine". www.who.int. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  31. ^ "Ending this pandemic, preventing the next one: European perspectives at the Seventy-fourth World Health Assembly -". 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2022-12-21.
  32. ^ WHO awarded Prof. Prakit Vathesatogkit on tobacco control in Thailand, retrieved 2022-12-16
  33. ^ 관리자. "Awards Ceremony for the 14th Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health". Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  34. ^ "Two doctors due to receive WHO awards". Bangkok Post. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  35. ^ "#Poland's Severe Hypothermia Treatment Centre was the first Polish facility dedicated to treating hypothermic patients & one of the world's first medical centers dedicated to the treatment of accidental hypothermia". Twitter. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  36. ^ "Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-fifth World Health Assembly". www.who.int. Retrieved 2022-12-16.
  37. ^ "Awards for outstanding contributions to public health presented during the Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly". WHO. 2023-05-26. Retrieved 2023-08-08.
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