Professor Ananda S. Prasad described first cases of human zinc deficiency syndrome in 1963 in young adults with delayed sexual development, short stature, anemia, enlargement of liver and spleen, and abnormalities of bone maturation. Zinc supplementation resulted in significantly increase in height, weight, bone development and sexual maturation. This pioneering work highlighted the importance of […]
Professor Kevin Marsh pioneers the studies of immune epidemiology of malaria. Based mainly in Africa, his earlier studies showed the importance of strain-specific immunity in malaria. His team examines life cycle of malaria parasites in human body and how the body responds to the infection. This led to the recognition of several classes of variants […]
Professor Nicholas J. White is world leader on the treatment of malaria especially on the use of artemisinin-based combination therapies. He and his team carefully conducted a series of clinical studies that clearly demonstrated the effectiveness of artemisinin for treatment of previously drug-resistant malaria, first in Southeast Asia and subsequently elsewhere around the world. Professor […]
Mr. Mechai Viravaidya founded the Community-based Family Planning Services in 1974, currently known as the Population and Community Development Association (PDA), to provide family planning education for the rural women. His tireless proponent of the use of condom to prevent pregnancy through the unique communication campaigns has demystified condoms, previously the taboo subject and unspoken […]
Dr. Wiwat Rojanapithayakorn, while serving as Director, Office of Communicable Disease Control Region 4 in Ratchaburi, Thailand in 1989, initiated the 100% Condom Use Programme which has been recognized worldwide as one the most successful HIV/AIDS prevention tools. The principle of the 100% Condom Use Programme is based on cooperations among all stakeholders, government authorities, […]
Professor Anne Mills is a world leader in the development and application of economic tools to improve policy-making and practice of healthcare systems. Her work has influenced major health policies, both at national and international levels, by demonstrating that proper investments in medicine and public health will have a major impact on economic growth and […]
Professor. Yu Yongxin, Director Emeritus, First Department of Viral Vaccine, National Institute for the Control of Pharmaceutical and Biological Products, People’s Republic of China. Professor. Yu Yongxin had spent nearly three decades to derive an SA14-14-2 Japanese encephalitis (JE) vaccine from kidney cells of hamsters. Tested for immunogenicity and efficacy in experimental animals and then […]
Professor Takahashi developed a vaccine isolated from the vesicles of a typical case of chicken pox in a 3-year-old Japanese boy. Named Oka after the boy, the vaccine was developed to prevent chicken pox in a process which is strictly adhered to the standard of the World Health Organisation. The vaccine was widely accepted and […]
Professor Ferreira discovered the Bradykinin Potentiating Factor (BPF) which is a peptide found in the venom of a Brazilian snake. His discovery paved the way for the development of a new class of antihypertensive drugs, the angiotensin converting enzymes inhibitors (ACEI), the first of which is the drug called captopril. The drug was widely recognized […]
Dr. Sanduk Ruit Medical Director, Tilganga Eye Centre Kathmandu, Nepal Dr. Sanduk Ruit is globally recognized for his tireless work in restoring eye-sight of millions of cataract patients in poor countries through safe, effective and economical eye surgery. Working in Nepal, Dr. Ruit introduces and further develops an effective suture-less operation technique that allows operations […]
