Every year, WHO recognizes individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control. This recognition takes the form of Director-General Special Recognition Awards and World No Tobacco Day Awards.
Director-General Special Recognition Awards
- Dr Pisit Leeahtam, Dean, Faculty of Economics Chiang Mai University Thailand
- Working Team on Public Health Warnings on Tobacco Products, Mongolia
AFRO AWARDEES
- Dr Umar Aliyu Moddibo, Former Minister, Federal Capital Territory, Nigeria
- Cancer Association of South Africa (CANSA), South Africa
- M. Ndanina Aimé, Président de l’association, Association Burundaise de Lutte contre le Tabagisme, Burundi
- M. Daouda Elhadj Adam, Secrétaire Général, Association pour la Défense des Droits des Consommateurs (ADC), Tchad
- Latrikunda Upper Basic School, Department of State for Basic and Secondary Education, Gambia
- Dr Lansana Sandry Camara, Secrétaire exécutif, Association Guinéenne de Lutte contre le Tabagisme (AGLT), Guinée
AMRO AWARDEES
- Senator Sebastião Afonso Viana Macedo Neves, Brazil
- RED Nacional Antitabaco (RENATA), Costa Rica
- Congresswoman Zury Mayte Ríos-Montt Sosa de Weller,
Fifth Secretary of the Board of the Parliament and Member of the Committee of External Relations and Committee of Public Health and Social Welfare, Guatemala - National Tobacco Control Committee (NTCC), Ministry of Health, Trinidad and Tobago
EMRO AWARDEES
- Ms Samira Ali Higo, Focal Point of the Tobacco Control Programme, Ministry of Health, Djibouti
- Dr Naser El Sayed, Minister Assistant for Preventive Affairs, Ministry of Health, Egypt
- Dr Mostafa Ghaffari, Director-General for Environmental and Occupational Health, Secretariat for National Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health and Medical Education, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Dr Javid Khan, Chair National Alliance for Tobacco Control, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
- Dr Tawfik Ahmed Khoja, Director General, Health Ministers’ Council for Cooperation Council States, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia
- H.E. Mr Mondher Zenaidi, Minister of Public Health, Ministry of Public Health, Tunisia
EURO AWARDEES
- Dr Aurelijus Veryga, President, Baltic Tobacco and Alcohol Control CoalitionLithuanian Tobacco and Alcohol Control Coalition, Lithuania
- Ministry of Health, Romania
- Dr Nikolary Gerasimenko, Deputy Head of the Committee for Health Protection of Russian Parliament DUMA, Russian Federation
- Ms Vesna Kerstin Petrič, Head of Sector for Health Promotion and Healthy Life Styles, Ministry of Health of the Republic of Slovenia
SEARO AWARDEES
- His Excellency Prof A. F. M. Ruhal Haque, Minister of Health and Family Welfare, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Bangladesh
- Dr Nirakar Man Shrestha, Former Health Secretary Ministry of Health and Population Kathmandu, Nepal
- Department of Disease Control, Ministry of Public Health, Thailand
- Dr Supakorn Buasai, Manager, Thai Health Promotion Foundation, Thailand
WPRO AWARDEES
- Dato' Dr Hj Ramlee Bin Rahmat, Deputy Director General (Public Health), Ministry of Health, Malaysia
- Department of Health and Ageing, Australia
- Hanoi School of Public Health, Viet Nam
- National Smoking Control Programme, Singapore Health Promotion Board, Singapore