PHA-Exchange> Deadline approaching: The Gates Award for Global Health

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> The Gates Award for Global Health
>
> In December, 2000, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation announced the
> establishment of the International Gates Award for Global Health. The 
> Gates
> Award has been established to recognize an organization yearly that has 
> made a
> major and lasting contribution to the field of global health. The prize 
> consists
> of a distinctive award sculpture and a prize amount of 1 million dollars. 
> The
> Gates Award for Global Health was established by the Bill & Melinda Gates
> Foundation to reward and exemplify organizations which have developed 
> processes
> for improving health, especially in resource poor settings, with 
> measurable
> results. The Gates Award for Global Health recognizes past achievements 
> and the
> promise of continuing activity and improvement.
>
> Any organization from any country in the world that has substantively 
> improved
> the health and the lives of people in need may be nominated for the Gates 
> Award
> for Global Health; the organization may be a charitable institution, a 
> private
> company, or a public entity. Nominations will be considered by an 
> international
> jury consisting of health professionals from developing countries and the 
> Global
> Health Council's Board of Directors. Nominations submitted will be 
> reviewed by
> this jury and a winner will be selected. The jury member names will be
> publicized on the Global Health Council website once it is established.
>
> The award will be presented on May 31, 2007 in Washington, D.C., at a 
> special
> Awards Ceremony during the Global Health Council's Annual International
> Conference. The winner's name is embargoed until the time of the ceremony.
>
> The deadline for submitting nominations is Tuesday, October 31, 2006.
>
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