Annual Awards Ceremony and Program
Global Health Awards Presented
Kofi Annan, Secretary General of the United Nations,
was the keynote speaker at the Global Health Council's Annual Awards Dinner
Thursday evening at the National Building Museum. "All of the award recipients
are united by courage, conviction and a united understanding," he said.
"We are all in the same boat. There are no safe islands. There is no dividing
line between domestic and international infections. There is no them,
only us."
He was joined by Melinda French Gates, who presented the first annual
Gates Award for Global Health to The Centre for Health and Population
Research, which has saved the lives of millions of children annually with
its pioneering discovery and development of oral rehydration therapy.
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation established the award, which carries
a $1 million honorarium, to recognize an organization that has made a
major and lasting contribution to the field of global health.
Also at the dinner, Dr. Gao Yaojie was honored with the Jonathan Mann
Award for Health and Human Rights for exposing the link between blood
sales and an AIDS outbreak in central China. Dr. Gao, however, was not
present at the dinner because Chinese officials denied her a passport.
Wan Hanhai, a leading Chinese AIDS activist based in the United States,
accepted the award on her behalf. Dr. Gao spoke through a pre-recorded
message to the audience. "I want to stress that AIDS has no national,
religious, or ideological boundaries," she said.
The Mann Award, which carries a $20,000 honorarium, is presented each
year to an individual who has demonstrated courage and commitment to ensure
health equity and the observance of human rights.
Other awards being presented at the dinner included the Best Practices
Award to Sydia Nduna. The Best Practices Award celebrates and highlights
the efforts of those dedicated to improving the health of disadvantaged
and disenfranchised populations, and to recognize programs that have made
a difference. Sydia Nduna was honored for her exceptional work in eliminating
sexual and gender-based violence in refugee communities.
In recognition of the vital role played by media in informing the public
as well as decision-makers, the Excellence in Media Award is presented
each year to a journalist who in the prior year has most effectively captured
a major issue in global health and conveyed it to a broad audience. This
year, the Excellence in Media Award was presented to ABC's Nightline for
its series AIDS in Africa, which was produced by Tom Bettag.
The Global Health Photography Award honored Shere Lipton, a photojournalist
and photographer living in Hawaii since 1976, and who has a particular
interest in Asian and South Pacific regions. Her articles and photos have
been published in newspapers and magazines in the United States, Australia,
Singapore and Saudi Arabia. Shere is the recipient of four PATA awards
for excellence in writing and photography. Her photographs are on exhibit
at the Global Health Council's 2001 Conference.
Program Agenda
Welcome
Nils Daulaire, President and CEO, Global Health Council
2001 Media Award
Presented
to "Nightline"
By
Mark Schoofs, "The Wall Street Journal", 2000 Recipient
Acceptance
by Jay LaMonica, Senior Producer
2001 Best Practices Award
Presented
to Sydia Nduna
By
Jimmy Volmink, Director of Research and Analysis, Global Health Council
Keynote Address
Kofi
Annan, United Nations Secretary-General
2001 Jonathan Mann Award for Global Health and
Human Rights
Address
by Naomi Mann
Presented
to Dr. Gao Yaojie
By
Countess Albina Du Boisrouvray, President, François Xavier Bagnoud U.S.
Foundation
2001 Gates Award for Global Health
Address
and Presentation by Melinda Gates,
Co-Chair
of the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and
 Co-Chair
of the 2001 Global Health Council Annual Conference
Presented
to the Centre for Population and Health Research
Acceptance
by Dr. David Sack, Director
Closing Remarks
Nils Daulaire, President and CEO, Global Health Council
* Join us following the Awards Program for
coffee and cordials with musical entertainment.
Scheduled Awards
The
Gates Award for Global Health
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation has established
this award, in the amount of $1 million, to recognize an organization that
has made a major contribution to the field of global health. This annual
award, administered by the Global Health Council, will be presented for
the first time at the banquet on May 31.
The Jonathan Mann Award For Health and Human Rights
Established in memory of Dr. Jonathan Mann, founding
director of the WHO's Global Program on AIDS, this award is presented to
an individual for their contribution toward the understanding and linkage
of global health and human rights. The award is administered by the Association
François-Xavier Bagnoud, Doctors of the World and the Global Health Council,
in close cooperation with the Mann family.
The Award for Best Practices In Global Health
The Global Health Council offers this annual award to
celebrate and highlight the efforts of those dedicated to improving the
health of disadvantaged and disenfranchised populations, and to recognize
programs that have made a difference.
The Global Health Excellence In Media Award
In recognition of the vital role played by media in
informing the public as well as decision-makers, this award is presented
each year to a journalist who in the prior year has most effectively captured
a major issue in global health and conveyed it to a broad audience.
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