Gates Award for Global Health

Any organization from any country in the world that has had a systemic and lasting impact on global health may be nominated for the Gates Award; the organization may be a charitable institution, a private company or a public entity.

The foundation's Global Health Program is focused on reducing global health inequities by accelerating the development, deployment and sustainability of health interventions that will save lives and dramatically reduce the disease burden in developing countries.

The Global Health Council is the world's largest membership alliance dedicated to health improvement and equity globally. Its mission is to promote better health around the world by assisting all who work for improvement and equity in global health to secure the information and resources they need to work effectively.

In submitting nominations for the Gates Award for Global Health, emphasis should be placed on an organization's accomplishments to date. Applications should include a brief history of how the organization has made a sustained contribution in the field of global health. Nominators may wish to consider the following criteria in describing the Nominee's work:

• Extraordinary contributions toward progress in the knowledge and practice of health in low-income societies, with a substantial and sustainable impact on the principal issues that contribute to global health.
• An established record of achievement.
• Innovation in program design.
• Organizational capacity; i.e. evidence of financial and program stability.
• Collaboration with others.
• Evidence that contributions have had significant influence or have been adopted across geographic and organizational boundaries.

Nominations will be considered by a Jury consisting of health professionals from developing countries as well as the Global Health Council's Board of Directors. A winner will be selected by the Jury from the nominations submitted.

The deadline for submitting nominations is 31 October 2006.

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.

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