Background & Criteria
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Background & Criteria
2009 Nominee List
Past Award Recipients
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Jonathan Mann Award - Background & Criteria |
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Award Background & Criteria | Awards Jury | Past Award Recipients
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The Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights was established in 1999 to honor Dr. Jonathan Mann and highlight the vital link between health and human rights. Sponsored by four organizations, Association François-Xavier Bagnoud, Doctors of the World, John Snow, Inc. and the Global Health Council, the award is bestowed annually to a leading practitioner in health and human rights and comes with a substantial financial reward to allow its recipients a measure of freedom to pursue their work in the important area of global health and human rights.
The deadline for submitting nominations is Thursday, January 15, 2009.
The Award will be presented in Washington, D.C. at a special Awards Ceremony during the Global Health Council's Annual International Conference, May 26 - 30, 2009.
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Award Background & Criteria
In reviewing the nominees for the Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and Human Rights, the following criteria will be considered and evaluated:
- Practical work in the field and in difficult circumstances.
- Actual relevance to the linkage of health with human rights.
- Predominant activities in developing countries and with marginalized people.
- Evidence of serious and long-term commitment.
- Potential for award strengthening nominees work.
- Potential for receipt of this award raising the profile of the Mann Award itself.
- Funding will enhance visibility and public awareness of issue or project person/organization is addressing.
- Potential for attracting additional resources towards resolution of the issue.
The jury bases their decisions solely on what you write on the nomination form. Please feel free to write as much as you like, keeping the total nomination limited to three (3) typed pages.
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Awards Jury
A Blue Ribbon committee of international health and human rights experts selects the award recipient. The 2008 committee included:
Bilge Bassani
CEO
Association Francois-Xavier Bagnoud USA
Massachusetts, USA
Larry Brilliant
Executive Director, Google.org
California, USA
Nils Daulaire, MD, MPH
President & CEO
Global Health Council
Vermont, USA
Helene Gayle, MD, MPH
President & CEO
CARE
Georgia, USA
Jim Yong Kim, MD, MPH
Executive Director
Association François Bagnoud
Massachusetts, USA
Joel Lamstein
President
John Snow, Inc.
Massachusetts, USA
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Stephen Lewis, CC
Co-Director
AIDS-Free World
Executive Chairman
Ontario, Canada
Senator Patrick Leahy
Vermont, USA
Lydia Mann-Bondat
Daughter of Jonathan Mann
Massachusetts, USA
Mary Robinson
President
Ethical Globalization Initiative
Victoria L. Sharp, MD
President Director
Doctors of the World
New York, USA
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Questions? Please contact Dawn Carey, Awards Program Coordinator, at dcarey@globalhealth.org or 802.649.1340 ext. 2144 with questions.
Click here to read about additional awards administered by the Global Health Council.
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