list of dr lee jong-wook memorial prize for public health laureates list of dr lee jong-wook memorial prize for public health laureates this is a list of recipients of the dr lee jong-wook memorial prize for public health awarded by the world health organization. established in 2008 in memory of lee jong-wook (1945–2006) to celebrate outstanding contributions to public health that went beyond the call of normal duties. the prize consists of a plaque and a sum of money which will not exceed $100,000 usd. list of recipients yearmail name country 2009 infectious diseases, aids and clinical immunology research center georgia 2010 action for aids (afa) singapore 2011 clodomiro picado research institute costa rica 2012 pacific leprosy foundation new zealand 2013 an dong china diabetes society of maldives maldives 2014 sinata koulla-shiro cameroon czech society of cardiology czech republic 2015 thalassemia international federation cyprus 2016 alireza mesdaghinia iran 2017 the henry reeve international medical brigade cuba 2018 nazni wasi ahmad malaysia 2019 balram bhargava india the health promotion unit of the department of public health myanmar 2020 joão aprigio guerra de almeida brazil the sickle cell disease consortium tanzania 2021 national research center for radiation medicine (nrcrm) ukraine 2022 prakit vathesatogkit thailand severe hypothermia treatment centre poland