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]
Yearmail | Name | Country |
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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 |