THE PRESIDENT OF THE FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF GERMANY | 2022
THE PRESIDENT OF THE GERMAN BUNDESTAG | 2023 & 2024
THE GOVERNING MAYOR OF BERLIN | 2025
THE VIRCHOW PRIZE
HAS BEEN AWARDED TO
QUARRAISHA ABDOOL KARIM
Centre for the AIDS Programme of Research in South Africa (CAPRISA)
Columbia University, USA
ZULFIQAR A. BHUTTA
Institute for Global Heath & Development, Aga Khan University, Pakistan
Centre for Global Child Health, The Hospital for Sick Children, Canada
“for their pioneering, lifelong leadership in advancing maternal, newborn and child health equity through community-centred, evidence-based research”
LUCY GILSON
University of Cape Town, South Africa
London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, UK
JOHAN ROCKSTRÖM
University of Stockholm, Sweden
Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research, Germany
“for their holistic and systems-based approach safeguarding human and planetary health”
ROSE GANA FOMBAN LEKE
Higher Institute for Growth in Health Research for Women (HIGHER)
Faculty of Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, University of Yaoundé, Cameroon
“for her distinctive and exceptional lifetime achievements in strengthening global health, pioneering infectious disease research towards a malaria-free world and relentless dedication in advancing gender equality“
JOHN N. NKENGASONG
University of Yaoundé, Cameroon
African Centre for Disease Control and Prevention, Ethiopia
U.S. Global AIDS Coordinator and Special Representative for Global Health Diplomacy, United States
“for his outstanding and significant lifetime contributions towards strengthening global health“