Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean Sixty-eighth session Provisional agenda item 8(a)
EM/RC68/INF.DOC.13 September 2021
Award of the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the
Eastern Mediterranean Region
1. The Foundation for the State of Kuwait Prize for the Control of Cancer, Cardiovascular Diseases and Diabetes in the Eastern Mediterranean Region was established in 2003 on the initiative of, and with funds provided by, the State of Kuwait, for the purpose of awarding a prize to recognize individuals who have made an outstanding contribution in prevention, control and research in one or more of the following disease groups: cancer, cardiovascular diseases and diabetes.
2. In view of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020, which meant that the 67th session of the Regional Committee for the Eastern Mediterranean was conducted virtually with an agenda mostly focused on subjects related to COVID-19, the Regional Committee, based on the recommendation of the Foundation Committee for the Prize, decided to postpone the meeting of the Foundation Committee. Accordingly, no prize was awarded.