Six global champions honored for advancing primary health care at WHA79
TL;DR Summary
At the Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly in Geneva on May 20, 2026, WHO and prize foundations honored six laureates from Mali, Thailand, France, Singapore, Bangladesh and Egypt for strengthening primary health care, expanding access to essential services and reducing inequities, including the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health; the awards also mark 20 years since Dr Lee Jong-wook’s death.
Topics:health#aging#health-equity#primary-health-care#public-health-prizes#world#world-health-assembly
- Seventy-ninth World Health Assembly honours global champions advancing primary health care World Health Organization (WHO)
- Director-General presents Award for Global Health to four distinguished leaders World Health Organization (WHO)
- WHO Honours Heba El Sewedy for Burn Care Work in Egypt CairoScene
- Bahamian public health leader Dr. Merceline Dahl-Regis receives WHO Global Health Leaders Award at 79th World Health Assembly Pan American Health Organization (PAHO)
- WHO Awards Six For Leadership In Primary Health The Whistler Newspaper
Reading Insights
Total Reads
0
Unique Readers
14
Time Saved
7 min
vs 8 min read
Condensed
96%
1,437 → 61 words
Want the full story? Read the original article
Read on World Health Organization (WHO)