Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health

EXECUTIVE BOARD EB144(15) 1144th session 1 February 2019 Agenda item 7.7 Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health The Executive Board, having considered the report of of the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize Selection Panel,1 awarded the Dr LEE Jong-wook Memorial Prize for Public Health for 2019 jointly to Professor Balram Bhargava from India for his impressive career as a cardiologist and biomedical innovator and to the Health Promotion Unit of the Department of Public Health of Myanmar for its contribution to public health, in particular through its Community Health Clinic model, from concept to implementation. Each laureate will receive US$ 50 000. Seventeenth meeting, 1 February 2019 EB144/SR/17 = = = 1 Document EB144/40, section 5.