Mukti Bosco received the 2022 Roux Prize for her work bringing primary health care and preventive care to rural communities in India.
December 6, 2021
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Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of 2021 Roux Prize winner Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta.
December 6, 2021
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Join us in celebrating the accomplishments of 2021 Roux Prize winner Dr. Zulfiqar Bhutta and congratulating the winner of the GBD Emerging Researcher Award Dr. Leopold Aminde.
November 1, 2020
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Congratulations to Kristin Braa & Jørn Braa on being awarded the 2020 Roux Prize for turning evidence into health impact!
October 22, 2019
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The Roux Prize is intended for anyone who has applied burden of disease research in innovative ways to improve population health. We are now accepting nominations for 2020.
June 10, 2019
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Dr. Richard Horton, the “activist editor” of the international medical journal The Lancet, has been honored for his accomplishments as one of the world’s most “committed, articulate, and influential advocates for population health.”
September 26, 2018
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Dr. Cynthia Maung, a Burmese physician and director of a clinic in Thailand, will be awarded $100,000 for using health data to improve the lives of refugees, migrant workers, and internally displaced people along the Burmese-Thai border.
October 4, 2017
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Dr. Samba Sow, a Malian physician and Professor at the University of Maryland, will receive $100,000 for using health data to save children’s lives through a comprehensive vaccination program.
September 29, 2016
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A Filipino epidemiologist and professor, Dr. John Q.
October 21, 2015
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Dr. Agnes Binagwaho, a trained pediatrician and Former Minister of Health of Rwanda, is the second winner of the Roux Prize, a US$100,000 award for turning evidence into health impact and the largest prize of its kind. Dr. Binagwaho has used Global Burden of Disease (GBD) data and evidence from the Ministry’s own data-gathering efforts to ensure the country’s limited resources are saving the most lives and reducing suffering.
September 29, 2014
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When Dr. Rodrigo Guerrero was elected mayor of Cali, Colombia, he knew that violence was killing more people in his city than anything else. Using scientific methods, he created a violence prevention program that led to a 33% drop in homicides.
March 7, 2014
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Armed with additional data, policymakers will be able to more effectively control tobacco in their countries.