UNDER THE HIGH PATRONAGES OF

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