His Highness the late Emir of Kuwait with Dr Kevin Marsh on the 2016 Al Sumat Prize Ceremony
Picture of the 2016 Al Sumait Awards Ceremony Gold Medal
Dr John N. Nkengasong – Member of Al Sumait Board of Trustees, 2021 Well being Laureate, Ambassador-At-Giant, U.S. World AIDS Coordinator and Senior Bureau Official for World Well being Safety and Diplomacy
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The opening of nominations for the 2024 Al Sumait Prize price US$1 Million has been introduced by the Kuwait Basis for the Development of Science
KUWAIT CITY, KUWAIT, April 18, 2024 /EINPresswire.com/ — The Kuwait Basis for the Development of Sciences (KFAS) at this time publicizes the decision for nominations for the 2024 Al Sumait Prize for African Growth within the discipline of well being. This prestigious award, valued at $1 Million, is awarded yearly to people or establishments which have made vital contributions to the development of one among three fields, well being, meals safety and training in Africa.
The Al Sumait Prize is known as in honour of the late Dr Abdulrahman Al-Sumait, a Kuwaiti doctor who devoted his life to serving to the underprivileged in Africa. The prize was established in 2015 on the request of the late Amir of Kuwait, His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah.
The Al-Sumait’s Board of Trustees is led by Kuwait’s Minister of Overseas Affairs and is comprised of management from the Gates Basis, FAO, UNESCO, and IAEA. Latest laureates embrace Dr. John N.Nkengasong who additionally now serves on the Board of Trustees. Successful establishments embrace the Agricultural Know-how Basis AATF and The African Centre of Excellence for Genomics of Infectious Ailments.
The 2024 prize space is well being, and it is going to be awarded to people or establishments who by means of their analysis tasks or initiatives have made vital development inside a number of of the next areas (or different associated fields):
• Combatting prevalent communicable and non-communicable illnesses in Africa and addressing zoonotic illnesses.
• Provision of medical personnel for the nationwide well being care techniques (together with physicians, paramedics and nursing), in addition to drugs, pharmaceutical, and medical tools.
• Constructing nationwide capability in medical analysis, medical training, and medical workers.
• Upgrading and sustaining of nationwide medical amenities.
• Creating and implementing efficient nationwide well being insurance policies.
Eligible candidates embrace:
• Organizations and analysis establishments whose initiatives and packages contributed considerably to fixing well being challenges in Africa.
• Excellent researchers who’re nominated by their establishments and friends
Nominations should be obtained on or earlier than the thirtieth June 2024
For extra data on the prize and the way to nominate, please go to the Al Sumait web site
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