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
- Ms Véronique Le Clezio, President, Association ViSa, The Republic of Mauritius
- His Excellency the Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, Republic of Turkey
AFRO AWARDEES
- Professeur Pascal Bogui, Chef du Département de Physiologie et d’Explorations fonctionnelles UFR des sciences médicales de l’Université d’Abidjan-Cocody, République de Côte d'Ivoire
- Dr Patrick Musavuli, Président, Lutte Contre le Tabagisme en Afrique (LUCTAF), République Démocratique de Congo
- M. Adama Diakité Diallo, Présidente, Association de Lutte contre le Tabac, l’Alcool et les Stupéfiants (ALUTAS Mali), République du Mali
- M. Bawa Dan Jimo, Communicateur de santé, Ministère de la Santé Publique, République du Niger
- Ms KAGARUKI Lutgard, Executive Director, Tanzania Tobacco Control Forum (TTCF), United Republic of Tanzania
AMRO AWARDEES
- Comité Insterinstitucional de Lucha Antitabáquica - CILA, Ecuador
- Dra María Elena Medina Mora, Directora-General, Instituto Nacional de Psiquiatría Ramón de La Fuente Muñiz, Mexico
- Sra. Santa Margarita García Murillo de Ochoa, Consultora de la Oficina Enlace-ERP de la Secretaría de Finanzas y Contraparte Nacional ante las Instituciones del Sector Social Público, República de Honduras
- The Trinidade and Tobago Cancer Society, The Republic of Trinidad and Tobago
EMRO AWARDEES
- Her Excellency Moushira Khattab, Minister of Family and Population Affairs, Egypt
- Iranian Anti Tobacco Association, Islamic Republic of Iran
- Dr Hiba Ayub, Head, Tobacco Control Department, Ministry of Health, Jordan
- Dr Hamdeyah A. S. Al Fadli, Member of Anti-smoking National Programme, The State of Kwait
- Roteract District 2450, Christine Gabriel Arzoumanian, The Lebanese Repbulic
- Dr Mounira Nebli, National Coordinator, Tobacco Control Program, PHC Direction, Republic of Tunisia
EURO AWARDEES
- Dr Aida Ramic-Catak, Tobacco Control National Counterpart, Federal Public Health Institute, Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina
- Ms Sybille Fleitmann, International tobacco contorl expert, FACT-Frauen aktiv contra Tabak e.V., Federal Republic of Germany
- His Excellency Mr Imangali Nurgalievich Tasmagambetov, Mayor of Astana, Kazakhstan
- Dr Natasa Lazarevic, Tobacco Control National Counterpart for Serbia and Vice-President of the Ministry of Health National Committee for smoking prevention, Serbia
- Ms Alexandra Charles, President, 1.6 Million Women's Club, Sweden
SEARO AWARDEES
- Professor (Dr) Syed Modasser Ali, Honourable Adviser to the Honourable Prime Minister, People's Republic of Bangladesh
- Thinadhoo Regional Hospital, The Republic of Maldives
- Mr Laxmi Raman Ban, Director, National Health Education Information and Communication Centre, Ministry of Health and Population, Federal Democatric Republic of Nepal
- Mr Taweesin Satitrattanacheewin, Editor, Thai Post Newspaper, Kingdom of Thailand
- Professor Dr Somsri Pausawasdi, Thai Health Professional Alliance Against Tobacco, Kingdom of Thailand
- Assistant Professor Suthat Rungruanghiranya, Srinakharinwirot Universtiy Medical Center, Kingdom of Thailand
WPRO AWARDEES
- Ms Vilaythong MangNormek, Director-General, Lao Women's Union, Ministry of Public Security, Lao People's Democratic Republic
- Her Excellency Sam An Men, Deputy Prime Minister, Council of Ministers, Kingdom of Cambodia
- Professor Wu Yiqun, Director, Think Tank Research Center for Health Development, People's Republic of China
- Professor Xu Guihua, Vice President, Chinese Association on Tobacco Control, People's Republic of China
- Professor Dr Le Thi Tuyet Lan, Head of Respiratory Care Center, University Hospital, University of Medicine and Pharmacy at Ho Chi Minh City, Viet Nam