World No Tobacco Day 2021 awards – the winners

• Tobacco Control Research Group, University of Bath, United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland
• Dr Harsh Vardhan, Hon’ble Minister, Ministry of Health and Family Welfare, Republic of India

African Region awardees

• Professor Bontle Mbongwe, Anti-Tobacco Network, Republic of Botswana
• Ministère de la Santé et de la Solidatité Nationale, Republic of Chad
• Ms Heran Gerba Borta, Director General, Ethiopian Food and Drug Administration, Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia
• Ms Anne Kendagor, Acting Head of the Division of Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health, Republic of Kenya
• The Eye Opener Women & Youth Foundation, Federal Republic of Nigeria
• Ms Crescence Mukantabana, Founder and Executive Director, Reseau de Developpement des Femmes Pauvres (RDFP), Republic of Rwanda

Region of the Americas awardees

• Equipo interinstitucional mSalud, Republic of Costa Rica
• Fondo Nacional de Recursos, Eastern Republic of Uruguay
• Dr Tania Cavalcante, National Cancer Institute and Executive Secretary of the National Committee for the Implementation of the WHO FCTC, Federative Republic of Brazil
• Ministry of Health and Wellness, Saint Lucia
• Ministerio de Salud Pública y Bienestar Social, Republic of Paraguay
• Cities of Beverly Hills and Manhattan Beach in California, United States of America (shared award)

Eastern Mediterranean Region awardees

• Her Royal Highness, Princess Dina Mired, Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan
• Dr Essam Elmoghazy, Chairman of Cairo Association against Smoking, Tuberculosis and Lung Diseases, Arab Republic of Egypt
• Public Health Directorate, Noncommunicable Diseases Control Department, Tobacco Control Section, Republic of Iraq
• Tobacco Control Cell, Ministry of National Health Services, Regulations and Coordination, Islamic Republic of Pakistan
• Hamad Medical Corporation Tobacco Control Center, WHO Collaborating Center, State of Qatar
• Dr Ali Hammad Alzahrani, Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology at Al Faisal University in Riyadh, Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

European Region awardees

• Mr Cornel Radu-Loghin, Secretary General, European Network for Smoking and Tobacco Prevention
• Ministry of Health, Russian Federation
• German Network of Tobacco Free Hospitals and Healthcare Services, Federal Republic of Germany
• Dr Müşerref Pervin Tuba Durgut, Vice President of Health, Family, Labor and Social Affairs, Commission of the Grand National Assembly, Republic of Turkey
• Tobacco Control Unit of the Catalan Institute of Oncology, Kingdom of Spain

South-East Asia Region awardees

• Madhya Pradesh Voluntary Health Association, Republic of India
• State Tobacco Control Cell, Uttar Pradesh, Republic of India
• Muhammadiyah Central Board, Republic of Indonesia
• Digital Broadcast Initiative Equal Access, Federal Democratic Republic of Nepal
• Dr Palitha Abeykoon, Former Chairman, National Authority on Tobacco and Alcohol, Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka
• The Nurses’ Association of Thailand under the Royal Patronage of Her Royal Highness Princess Srinagarindra, Kingdom of Thailand

Western Pacific Region awardees

• Institute for Urban Indigenous Health: Deadly Choices, Australia
• Qinhuangdao Municipal People’s Government, People’s Republic of China
• Mr Han Kosal, Deputy Governor, Kampong Cham Province, Kingdom of Cambodia
• Ministry of Health, Kingdom of Cambodia
• Dr Francisco T Duque III, Secretary, Department of Health and Dr Rolando Enrique D Domingo, Director General, Food and Drug Administration, Republic of the Philippines (shared award)
• Samoa Cancer Society, Independent State of Samoa