Public health prizes and awards
Prizes and awards administered by the Director-General
of the World Health Organization The prizes and awards listed below reward and recognize major achievements in public health, and are administered by the Director-General of the World Health Organization. They have been established either in the name of eminent health professionals and international figures or prominent foundations that commit to support international and global public health innovation and success. Every year, the Director-General invites the national health administration of Member States’ governments to propose candidatures for consideration for the award of the prizes. The WHO Executive Board, at its session at the beginning of the year, designates the winners based on recommendations made by the selection panels of these prizes and award. The prizes and awards are presented during the World Health Assembly.

Laureates of the 2023 public health prizes
Seventy-sixth World Health Assembly, May 2023

WHO/Laurent Cipriani For more information about the six active prizes and award administered by the Director General Prizes and awards administered by Regional Directors
of the World Health Organization The prizes and awards listed below reward and recognize major achievements in public health, and are administered by Regional Directors of the World Health Organization. The prizes and awards are presented during sessions of the Regional Committees. Dissolved prizes