List of United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize recipients

This is a list of recipients of the United Arab Emirates Health Foundation Prize awarded by World Health Organization (WHO).

The prize was established in 1993 under the directive of HM Sheikh Zayed Bin Sultan Al Nahayyan (1918–2004). The prize consists of a certified award, a plaque, and up to $40,000 USD. The prize can be awarded to more than one person or institution that has made an outstanding contribution to health development.[1][2]

List of recipients

YearNameCountry
1995Child Survival Project of Egypt[3][4]  Egypt
Abdul Rahman Abdul Aziz Al-Swailem[3][4]  Saudi Arabia
1996Adnan A. Abbas[5]  Jordan
Khalifa A. Al-Jaber[5]  Qatar
1997Abdulrahman Abdullah Al-Awadi[6][7]  Kuwait
R. Salvatella Agrelo[6][7]  Uruguay
1998Hillary Clinton[8]  USA
1999Ismail A. Sallam[7]  Egypt
The Centre for Education about Drugs and Treatment of Drug-addicted Persons (KENTHEA)[5]  Cyprus
2000Roemwerdiniadi Soedoko[9][10]  Indonesia
The Institute of Nursing[10]  Myanmar
2001Ali Jaffer Mohammad Suleiman[5]  Oman
The Union of Palestinian Medical Relief Committees[11]  Palestine
2002Médecins sans frontières (MSF)[12]  France
Ibrahim Mohamed Yacoub[13]  Bahrain
2003Mahmoud M.A. Fikree[14]  UAE
Magdi Habib Yacoub[5][14]  UK
2004Shaukat Khanum Memorial Cancer Hospital[15]  Pakistan
Stella Lubayelea Obasanjo[5]  Nigeria
2005Queen Rania Al-Abdullah[14]  Jordan
2006Rafic Hariri Foundation[16]  Lebanon
Aminath Jameel[16]  Maldives
2007Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation[17][18]  USA
2008Children's Cancer Hospital[19][20]  Egypt
2009Integrated Perinatal Care Project, KK Women's and Children's Hospital[21]  Singapore
Georgian Respiratory Association[22][23]  Georgia
2010National Center for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Genetics[24]  Jordan
Early Childhood Intervention Programme[24]  Portugal
2011Aged Care Maldives[25][26][27]  Maldives
Association Tchadienne Communauté pour le Progrés[25][27]  Chad
2012Chen Bowen[28]  China
Renal Disease Control Program (REDCOP)[29]  Philippines
2013Laila Ali Akbar Bastaki[30][31]  Kuwait
2014Institute for Research in Health (INISA) [32]  Costa Rica
2015“Akogo?” Foundation[33]  Poland
2016Palize Mehmett[34]  China
2017Lô Boubou Baïdy[35]  Mauritania
2018The Korea Institute of Drug Safety and Risk Management (KIDS)[36][37][38][39]  South Korea
2019The National Center for Global Health and Medicine[40][41]  Japan
Askwar Hilonga[42][43]  Tanzania
2020Xi Jin[44]  China
2022National Malaria Component[45][46]  Nicaragua
2023Maria Asuncion Silvestre[47]  Philippines

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