World No Tobacco Day 2023 awards – the winners

WHO Director-General Special awards

• Dr Odete Maria Freitas Belo, Minister of Health, Timor-Leste
• Dr Reina Roa Rodríguez, Focal Point for Tobacco Control, Ministry of Health, Panama

WHO Director-General’s Special Recognition certificate

• His Excellency Prof Ali Mrabet, Minister of Health, Tunisia

African Region awardees

• Dr Edwin Gorataone Dikoloti MP, Minister for Health, Botswana
• Mr Omar Badjie, National Focal Person for Tobacco Control, Gambia
• Ms Sprina Robi Chacha, Kenya
• Mr Anthony Muthemba, Head of the Tobacco Control Unit of the Nairobi City County, Kenya
• Migori County Government, Kenya
• Ministry of Health and Sanitation, Sierra Leone

Region of the Americas awardees

Shared award Brazil:

• ACT Promoção da Saúde
• Center for Studies on Tobacco and Health, Oswaldo Cruz Foundation

Shared award Colombia and Mexico:

• Blanca Llorente Carreño, Directora de Investigación en la Fundación Anáas, Colombia
• Luz Reynales Shigematsu, Jefa del Departamento de Prevención y Control del Tabaquismo en el Instituto Nacional de Salud Pública, México

Shared award Mexico:

• Salud Justa Mx
• Polithink
• Coalición México SaludHable
• Comunicación, Diálogo y Conciencia SC – Códice
• Refleacciona con Responsabilidad AC

Shared award Uruguay:

• Centro de Investigación para la Epidemia del Tabaquismo – CIET
• Sociedad Uruguaya de Tabacología -SUT

Eastern Mediterranean Region awardees

• Dr Michel Mawad, President, Lebanese American University, Lebanon
• Dr Mohammed Bin Saif Al-Hosni, past Chair, National Tobacco Control Committee and Undersecretary for Health Affairs (retired), Oman
• Dr Kholoud Ateeq Al-Mutawaa, Head of Non Communicable Diseases Division, Ministry of Public Health, Qatar
• Dr Hani Al Gouhmani, Former EMR Regional Coordinator, The Framework Convention Alliance (FCA)
• Ministry of Health and Prevention, United Arab Emirates

European Region awardees

• Ms Suzanne Gabriels, Fondation contre le Cancer, Belgium
• Professor Panagiotis Behrakis, Smoke Free Greece, Greece
• Dr Jamilya Sadykova, Public fund ”Temekisiz”, National coalition ”For smoke-free Kazakhstan”, Kazakhstan
• Dr Reinskje Talhout, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment, Netherlands
• National Institute of Public Health and its Anti-Tobacco Working Group, Slovenia

South-East Asia Region awardees

• State Tobacco Control Cell (STCC), Government of Meghalaya, India
• Centre for Multi-Disciplinary Development Research Dharwad, India
• Indonesian Multiculture Farmers Forum (FPMI), Indonesia
• National Statistical Office, Thailand

Western Pacific Region awardees

• Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport, Cambodia
• Cultural and Social Committee, National Assembly, Lao People’s Democratic Republic
• Senator Pia S. Cayetano, Philippines
• Ministry of Health, Vanuatu

Shared award Fiji:

• Ministry of Health and Medical Services
• Fiji Revenue and Customs Service
• Fiji Police Force