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Humanitarian Awards for NGOs in Africa
2 June 2005
By Nick Cater
LONDON (AlertNet) - Aid agencies working in Africa have won major U.S. awards focused on tackling health needs in the developing world.
The Nairobi-based African Medical and Research Foundation secured the $1 million 2005 Gates Award "for their extraordinary efforts for nearly 50 years to improve health in Africa's poorest communities".
British group Riders for Health won the Global Health Council's Best Practices in Global Health Award for its successful and innovative efforts using motorcycle transport to assist disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations.
And at a time of intense conflict in Sudan, the Jonathan Mann Award for Health and Human Rights went to Abdel Mohammad Gerais, founder of the Sudan Fertility Care Association. Gerais was described as "an international symbol of the determination required to provide basic health services for women and girls in a war torn country".
Copyright 2005 Reuters Ltd.
For the Full Article, go to:
http://www.alertnet.org/thefacts/reliefresources/111772560517.htm
Learn more about the Global Health Council's annual awards
http://www.globalhealth.org/conference/view_top.php3?id=94
category: News from Other Sources : General Health News
contributed by Andrea Welch on 3 June 2005
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