Virchow Prize
for global health
Honouring Lifetime Achievements Towards Health for All
2022 INAUGURAL VIRCHOW PRIZE AWARD CEREMONY
FRANK-WALTER STEINMEIER
PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY
The Virchow Prize for Global Health recognizes and celebrates innovations with significant impact on the broad health challenges we face as a global community. With this award, lifetime achievements towards “Health for All” are honoured.
At the highest international level, this Prize furthermore esteems the United Nations’ efforts to preserve the health of people and the planet through the attainment of the UN 2030 Agenda Sustainable Development Goals.
VISION & AIMS
The Virchow Foundation for Global Health and the Virchow Prize for Global Health provide a highly regarded, international platform to raise awareness of global health issues, particularly among society and the general public.
The Virchow Prize for Global Health materializes the lifetime achievement of prominent individuals and organisations around the world by establishing a significant international prize of the highest prestige in the broad field of global health.
Moreover, the Virchow Prize for Global Health aims to incentivise and spur future generations of great minds in their commitment to global health. Anyone with a desire to improve the health of the world’s population, whether through academic, political, social or economic/industrial innovation, should be able to aspire to such an prestigious award. The Virchow Prize for Global Health honours and celebrates contributions with great significance towards achieving sustainable impact on the global health challenges we face today.
The Covid-19 pandemic brought home to everyone around the world, as never before, how important health is in each facet of society. Health is the most important value for each individual, spanning across societies and cultures in every region of the world.
The Virchow Prize for Global Health directly addresses the relationship between medical, political, economic and social determinants of health, and aims to contribute sustainable and universal improvement of health outcomes.