List of award winners

Corrigendum

This page was updated on 29 May 2023: WHO has withdrawn one of the World No Tobacco Day 2023 awards previously granted to an individual in the Eastern Mediterranean Region. This action was taken in response to evidence that emerged after the award was announced, confirming collaboration between the awardee and the tobacco industry. WHO maintains a zero tolerance policy towards any association with the tobacco industry, recognizing the harmful effects of tobacco on millions of lives.

• Afghanistan

  1991 | Dr Sayed Hashim Katara
  2017 | Dr Bashir Sarwari

• Bahrain

  1990 | Ministry of Health
  1993 | Ministry of Interior
  1994 | Gulf Air Company
  1995 | Ministry of Information
  1996 | Mr Mohamed Saleh Abdulrazzag
  1998 | Supreme Council for Youth and Sports
  2008 | Anti-smoking Society
  2011 | Dr Mariam Al Jalahma
  2012 | Dr Maha Al Kawari
  2014 | Tobacco Control Group, Ministry of Health
  2014 | Dr Miriam Abdel Rahim Genahy
  2014 | Dr Maha El Kawary
  2022 | National Committee to Control Smoking and All Types and Products of Tobacco, jointly with the Tobacco Control Focal Point, Dr Ejlal Faisal Alalawi

• Djibouti

  2009 | Ms Samira Ali Higo

• Egypt

  1988 | Mr Salah Montaser
  1989 | Mrs Samia Sadek
  1989 | Al Azhar University
  1990 | Mr M. K. Al Goggary
  1992 | Arab Region of the World Organization of Science
  1992 | Egypt Air
  1993 | Medical Syndicate
  1994 | Biala Scout Movement
  1995 | Ministry of Agriculture
  1997 | Dr Ahmed Sultan
  1998 | Central Association Against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease
  1999 | Dr Aly Zarzour
  1999 | Dr Nasr Farid Wassel
  2000 | H.E. Dr Nadia Makram Ebeid
  2002 | Mr Mahmoud El Khatib
  2003 | Dr Hamdy El Sayed
  2004 | Dr Hessein Hamouda
  2004 | Mr Amr Khaled
  2005 | Dr Ahmed Hamed Atteya
  2005 | Professor Dr Sherif Omar
  2006 | Dr Mostafa Kamal Eldin Mohamed
  2009 | Dr Nasr El Sayed
  2010 | H.E. Dr Moushira Khattab
  2011 | Dr Hamdy El Sayed
  2012 | Mr Mamdouh Sayed Omar
  2018 | Dr Hamdy El-Sayed, Professor of Cardiology and Former Head of the Health Committee in the Egyptian Parliament
  2019 | Ministry of Finance
  2020 | Ms Nesreen Osama Dabous
  2021 | Dr Essam Elmoghazy
  2022 | Dr Wael Safwat Fahmy Abd Elmeguid

• Iraq

  1996 | Anti-smoking Committee
  1997 | Ministry of Health
  2013 | Multi-sectorial Smoking Control Committee
  2016 | Ministry of Health
  2016 | Health Committee in the Parliament
  2021 | Public Health Directorate, Noncommunicable Diseases Prevention and Control Department, Tobacco Control Section, Ministry of Health and Environment

• Islamic Repubic of Iran

  1991 | Dr Hussein Aly
  1993 | Dr Javad Fouladired
  1994 | Ministry of Health
  1999 | H.E. Dr Farhadi
  2003 | Dr Seyed Hassan Arefi
  2004 | Dr Mohammad Esmaeil Akbari
  2007 | Dr Seyed Moa Alavian
  2009 | Dr Mostafa Ghaffari
  2010 | Iranian Anti Tobacco Association
  2011 | Dr Alireza Mesdaghinia
  2012 | Dr Marziye Vahid Dastjerdi
  2013 | Ms Khadijeh Fereidoun Mohasseli
  2014 | Dr Kazem Naddafi 
  2016 | Dr Ali Akbar Sayyari
  2018 | Professor Mohammad Reza Masjedi, Secretary-General of Iranian Anti-Tobacco Association and Tobacco Control Research
  2019 | Dr Behazad Valizadeh, Head of National Tobacco Control Secretariat
  2020 | Professor Ahmad Jonidi Jafari

• Jordan

  1990 | Dr Zohair Melhes
  1993 | Royal Jordanian Airlines
  1994 | Ministry of Health
  1999 | Jordanian Society for Tobacco Control
  2006 | Dr Bassam Al Hijawi
  2007 | Dr Malek Ayed Habashneh
  2010 | Dr Hiba Ayub
  2011 | Mrs Mawya Zawawi Hammad
  2020 | Tobacco Free Jordan (Lalitadkheen Org)
  2021 | Her Royal Highness Princess Dina Mired
  2022 | Greater Amman Municipality, jointly with Royal Health Awareness Society

• Kuwait

  2010 | Dr Hamdeyah A. S. Al Fadli
  2012 | Dr Sami Al Nasser
  2018 | Dr Adel Mulla Husain Alturkait, Head of Health Promotion Committee, Head of Preventive Medicine Unit, Capital Region, Ministry of Health
  2020 | Dr Anwar Jassim Borahmah

• Lebanon

  1994 | Ministry of Health
  1996 | Al Maqassad Islamic Scout Society
  1999 | Dr Youssef Bassim
  2003 | Mr George Kordahi
  2007 | Dr Kifah Al Kassar
  2008 | Mrs Nadine Kayrouz El Krab
  2010 | Roteract District 2450
  2012 | Mr Mutaa Majzoub
  2013 | Dr Atef Morched Majdalani
  2013 | Dr Rima Nakkash
  2014 | Dr Jamil Kasrine El Halabi
  2018 | Dr Fadlo R. Khuri, President of the American University of Beirut
  2019 | Professor Salim Daccache, Rector of Saint-Joseph University of Beirut
  2020 | Dr Ghazi Zaatari

• Libya

  1991 | Public Scouts and Guide Movement of Libya
  1998 | National Health and Social Education Committee

• Morocco

  1990 | Professor Mohamad Bartal
  1993 | Ministry of Public Health
  1995 | Moroccan Association for Education and Prevention
  1995 | ISESCO 1997 | National Moroccan Olympic Committee
  2005 | Professor Dr Mohamed Bartal
  2008 | Lalla Salma Association Against Cancer

• Oman

  1991 | Dr Musalam Ben Seif Bualy
  1996 | Ministry of Health
  2011 | Dr Jawad Ahmed Al Lawati
  2013 | The Public Authority of Consumer Protection
  2016 | Ms Sabah Mohammed Al Bahlani
  2016 | Mr Issa Said Al Kiyomi
  2017 | The Secretariat General for Taxation, Ministry of Finance
  2023 | Dr Mohammed Bin Saif Al-Hosni, Past Chair, National Tobacco Control Committee and Undersecretary for Health Affairs (retired)

• Pakistan

  1990 | Dr Naim Aun Jafari
  1991 | Professor H. A. Kazi
  1994 | Cancer Society 1996 | Punjab Football Association
  1997 | Dr Suhaib Khan
  2000 | Mr Abdul Khalek Shaker
  2002 | Mr Imran Khan
  2007 | Pakistan International Airlines (under Mr Ahmed Saeed)
  2009 | Dr Javid Khan
  2015 | H.E. Ms Saira Afzal Tarar
  2018 | Mr Muhammad Waqas Tarar, Director, Tobacco Control Cell
  2021 | Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination

• Palestine

  2013 | Dr Asad Ramlawi

• Qatar

  1992 | Dr Ahmed Hajar
  1999 | Ministry of Health
  2003 | H.E. Dr Hajar Ahmed Hajar Albenali
  2006 | Dr Ahmed Abdel Karim Al Mulla
  2017 | Dr Ahmad Mohamed Al Mulla
  2021 | HMC Tobacco Control Center, WHO Collaborating Center
  2023 | Dr Kholoud Ateeq Al-Mutawaa, Head of Non Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Public Health

• Saudi Arabia

  1989 | Saudi Airlines
  1992 | Dr Youssef Al Hamdan
  1993 | Ministry of Health
  1995 | Dr Aly Al Bar
  1997 | Saudi Sports Medicine Association
  1999 | Health Ministers Council States for Gulf Cooperation
  2003 | H.E. Dr Usama Bin Abdel Maguid Shobokshi
  2004 | Dr Tawfik Ahmed Khoja
  2005 | Mr Khalid Sibaithi
  2006 | Dr Abdullah Mohammed Nasser Al Bedah
  2007 | King Abdallah Ibn Abdel Aziz Al Saud
  2009 | Dr Tawfik Ahmed Khoja
  2012 | Dr Majed Al Munif
  2016 | Ministry of Health
  2019 | His Excellency Dr Tawifq bin Fawyan Al-Rabiah, Minister of Health of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (Director-General’s Special Recognition Award)
  2021 | Dr Ali Hammad Alzahrani
  2022 | Tobacco Control Programme, Tabouk, jointly with Dr Ahmed Elnagib Abdelrahim Ahmed

• Sudan

  1989 | Dr Mohamed M. Al Arabi
  2006 | Mr Ahmed Abdel Rahman Mohamed
  2008 | Dr Ahmed Abd El Rahman Mohame
  2011 | Dr Alaa Aldeen Abdalla Abo Zed
  2022 | Dr Ahmed Abdalla Elhassan Abdalla

• Syrian Arab Republic

  1991 | Syrian Society Against Tuberculosis
  1996 | Revolution Youths Union
  1998 | Healthy Village Programme
  2000 | Village of Akraba
  2006 | Dr Wasim Maziak

• Tunisia

  1995 | Tunisian Scout Movement
  2005 | Professor Dr Ibrahim El Gharbi
  2008 | Mrs Raoudha Kaabi
  2009 | H.E. Mr Mondher Zenaidi
  2010 | Dr Mounira Nebli
  2012 | Professor Abdellatif Chabbou

• United Arab Emirates

  2014 | H.H. Sheikh Sultan bin Mohammed Al Qasimi
  2018 | Dr Wedad Alhaj Al-Maidoor, Consultant Family Physician, Director of PHC Dubai Health Centers, Head of Tobacco Control Team
  2019 | Tobacco Control Team in Abu Dhabi, Department of Health Abu Dhabi, Ministry of Health
  2023 | Ministry of Health and Prevention

• Yemen

  1992 | Ministry of Public Health
  1997 | H.E. Dr Najeeb Saad Ghanem
  2022 | Dr Mohammed Ahmed Al-gesha

• Other

  2023 | Dr Hani Al Gouhmani, Former EMR Regional Coordinator, Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)

• Tunisia

  2023 | H.E. Professor Ali Mrabet, Minister of Health