Premios de las Fundaciones Jacques Parisot Foundation Fellowship
The Foundation was established in 1969 by Mrs J. Parisot in memory of Professor J. Parisot who was associated with WHO from its earliest days, having signed the Constitution of the Organization for France at the International Health Conference held in New York in 1946.
The Foundation was established for the purpose of awarding every two years a fellowship for research in social medicine or public health. The award consisted of a sum of US$ 5000 and a bronze medal. The recipients received the medal at a special ceremony during the World Health Assembly. Sixteen laureates received a Jacques Parisot Foundation Fellowship between 1977 and 2009.
Dissolution
In January 2015, at the 136th Session of the Executive Board, it was announced that the Foundation Committee had decided to dissolve the Foundation, subject to all approvals and actions required under Swiss law, and requested the Director-General, as Administrator of the Foundation, to take all actions required under Swiss law to effect the dissolution.
