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Laureates Speak on Global Health Challenges and on HIV in Uganda

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Channel: UN University · 2013 · News & Politics

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The 2nd Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize Laureates — Dr. Peter Piot of Belgium and Dr. Alex Godwin Coutinho of Uganda — discuss with  UNU Rector Dr. David Malone about global health challenges — new and old. 

Dr. Peter Piot of Belgium, currently Director and Professor of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (UK), was awarded the Second Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in the medical research category for his work with diseases endemic to much of the African continent, including HIV, Ebola, chlamydia, tuberculosis and gonorrhea.

Dr. Alex Godwin Coutinho of Uganda, currently Executive Director of the Infectious Disease Institute, Makerere University (Uganda), is the winner of the Second Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in the medical services category for his pioneering efforts to expand access to life-sparing medicine for people infected with HIV.

The Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize honours individuals with outstanding achievements in the fields of medical research and medical services to combat infectious and other diseases in Africa.The prize was established by the Government of Japan in July 2006 in memory of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi, whose contribution to medical advancement and self-sacrificing activities in Africa remain a model of professionalism. It is awarded once every five years, coinciding with the convening of the Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD).

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