Announcement
Kuwait prize 2024
The State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is one of several Foundation awards, administered by the World Health Organization, which acknowledges the work of well-known scientists, researchers or dedicated individuals who have greatly contributed to the advancement of public health.
Purpose
The purpose of the prize is to recognize individuals who have made outstanding contribution to prevention, control or research in one or more of the following disease groups: cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Eligibility
- Current and former members of the WHO Secretariat shall not be eligible to receive the Prize.
- The candidature of a deceased person should not be submitted to the Foundation Committee unless death occurs after the nomination has been made.
- A candidate who has been previously awarded and has been re-nominated after several years will only be eligible if a new contribution has been made.
- Candidates are more likely to receive the prize (maximum three recipients per year, one per disease) if they fulfil the following criteria:
Contribute to the successful formulation and implementation of national policy and strategy for cancer, cardiovascular disease and diabetes.
Submit documentary evidence that their research and other programmes have been translated into policy and have contributed to improving prevention and/or control in one or more of the three disease groups.
To facilitate the assessment of their work, candidates will be requested to upload documentation to support their application, illustrating how they made a substantive contribution to prevention, control or research in one or more of the three disease groups. The Foundation Committee may request further information from an applicant to better review their application.
Nature of the prize and attribution
The prize consists of a bronze medal and a sum of money, which is presented to the recipient, or their representative (in case they are absent), during the annual WHO Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean by the Committee Chair.
Deadline for submission
The deadline for the submission of applications for the 2024 State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region is 1 July 2024.
Prize timeline
A list of the shortlisted candidates will be sent to national health administrations for endorsement from July to early August 2024.
The Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean during its meeting in October 2024 will decide which candidate will receive the prize during its 72nd Session in October 2025.
http://kuwaitprize.emro.who.int
Deadline for online submission 1 July 2024
