list of sasakawa health prize laureates list of sasakawa health prize laureates this is a list of recipients of the sasakawa health prize awarded by world health organization (who). on the idea and with financial support from mr ryōichi sasakawa (1899–1995), chairman of the japan shipbuilding industry foundation and president of the sasakawa memorial health foundation, the award was founded in 1984. the sasakawa health prize consists of a statuette and money of the order of $30,000 usd to be given to a person(s) and/or of the order of $40,000 usd to be given to an institution(s), who have accomplished outstanding innovative work in health development, such as the promotion of specific health programmes or significant advancements in primary health care, to encourage the further development of health. list of recipients 1986 laureates, piero and lucille teasdale with their daughter dominique and the combonian sisters year name country 1985 jesus c. azurin philippines david bersh escobar colombia sewa-rural india 1986 ayadaw township people's health plan committee burma lucille teasdale cortipiero corti uganda amorn nondasuta thailand 1987 marie joan winch australia 1988 christian aurenche france cameroon indonesian family welfare movement indonesia 1989 niu dongping china 1990 monsignor fiorenzo angelini holy see badri nath tandon india biankouri health centre togo 1991 hector martinez gomezedgar rey sanabria colombia the regional centre for development and health/primary health care benin the vulowai health committee fiji 1992 handojo tjandrakusuma indonesia brigitte girault badara samb senegal canadian public health association canada 1993 oladapo alabi ladipograce ebun delano nigeria arpana research and charities trust india 1994 mo-im kim south korea 1995 javier torres-goitia bolivia le kinh due vietnam 1996 a. gherardi chad society for health education maldives 1997 the mongar health services development project bhutan 1998 roselyn mokgantsho mazibuko south africa ahmed abdul qadr al ghassani oman gondar college of medical sciences ethiopia 1999 j. g. ortiz guier costa rica institute of urban primary health care south africa 2000 yoav horn israel oviemo otu ovadje nigeria family planning association (plafam) venezuela 2001 joão aprigio guerra de almeida brazil 2002 programa nacional de atención odontológica integral para mujeres travbajadoras de escasos recursos chile 2003 department of health center for health development - eastern visayas philippines yemen leprosy elimination society yemen 2004 the family planning association of sri lanka sri lanka 2005 centre for training and education in ecology and health for peasants mexico 2006 international leprosy union india agape rural health program philippines 2007 jose antonio socrates philippines 2008 movement for reintegration of people affected by hansen's disease brazil 2009 amal abdurrahman al jowder bahrain 2010 xueping du china 2011 eva siracká slovakia albergue maria association panama 2012 syamsi dhuha foundation indonesia 2013 no-yai park south korea 2014 leprosy control foundation dominican republic 2015 childbirth with dignity foundation poland 2016 federation of medicus mundi spain 2017 arslan rinchin mongolia 2018 pro palliative care unit foundation costa rica 2019 judith ndongo embola torimiro cameroon eusebio quispe rodríguez peru 2020 geospatial system of integrated health networks (geo-ris) peru 2021 wu hao china amal saif al-maani oman 2022 paisan ruamviboonsuk thailand