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3 Joint Winners of Million Dollar 2018 Al Sumait Prize for Health Announced

3 Joint Winners of Million Dollar 2018 Al Sumait Prize for Health Announced

Press Releases   •   Nov 21, 2018 13:34 GMT

The Million Dollar Prize will be split between Professor Salim S. Abdool Karim, Director of the Centre for the AIDS Program of Research (CAPRISA) who will recieve half and Professor Sheila K. West Vice Chair for Research Wilmer Eye Institute at Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine and the Rakai Health Sciences Program, based in Rakai, Uganda sharing equally the other half million dollars.

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Innaugural Al-Sumait Prize winner donates entire one million dollar prize to African Science Development

Innaugural Al-Sumait Prize winner donates entire one million dollar prize to African Science Development

Press Releases   •   Oct 24, 2017 09:02 GMT

Oxford Professor Kevin Marsh has donated his entire one million dollar prize winnings from the Al-Sumait Prize for African Development to the furthering of Science and Research development in Africa. The Professor was awarded the prize for his work in Malaria research, at the African Arab Summit in November 2016 in Malabo.

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Kuwait’s 2016 Al-Sumait Food Security Prize for Development in Africa Awarded Jointly To Nigerian and Peruvian Researchers For Tackling Undernourishment Across Africa

Kuwait’s 2016 Al-Sumait Food Security Prize for Development in Africa Awarded Jointly To Nigerian and Peruvian Researchers For Tackling Undernourishment Across Africa

Press Releases   •   Oct 20, 2016 10:52 GMT

The 2016 Al-Sumait Food Security Prize designed to promote development in Africa has been awarded jointly to two research organizations, the International Potato Centre (CIP), Lima, Peru, and the International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Ibadan, Nigeria. Both were honored for ground-breaking studies on the causes of undernourishment and solutions.

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Kuwait’s Al-Sumait 2015 Health Prize For Africa Development Awarded to Professor Kevin Marsh For Tackling Malaria In Children

Kuwait’s Al-Sumait 2015 Health Prize For Africa Development Awarded to Professor Kevin Marsh For Tackling Malaria In Children

Press Releases   •   Oct 18, 2016 13:17 GMT

The Kuwait-sponsored Al-Sumait 2015 Health Prize for African Development has been awarded to Britain’s Professor Kevin Marsh of the University of Oxford and African Academy of Sciences, Kenya, for his efforts to control and eradicate childhood malaria.

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Al-Sumait Prize Winners For 2015 Health Award And 2016 Food Security Award To Be Announced In Kuwait On October 17, 2016

Al-Sumait Prize Winners For 2015 Health Award And 2016 Food Security Award To Be Announced In Kuwait On October 17, 2016

News   •   Oct 13, 2016 12:05 GMT

The winning recipients of the prestigious Al-Sumait Prizes for the two categories of Health and Food Security will be announced at a Board of Trustees meeting In Kuwait City on Monday October 17, 2016.

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New White Paper on Food Security in Africa

New White Paper on Food Security in Africa

News   •   May 24, 2016 19:40 GMT

A call to action for increased Food Security efforts in Africa issued in new White Paper from Kuwait's Al-Sumait Prize for African Development

Health Challenges in Africa

Health Challenges in Africa

News   •   Mar 30, 2016 09:23 GMT

A White Paper examining the health challenges in Africa has been issued as part of the Kuwait-sponsored AL-SUMAIT PRIZE initiative, an annual award managed by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) for the advancement of economic, social, human resources, and infrastructure development in the African continent.

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Dr Barbara Wells acceptance speech Al Sumait Prize for African Development Food Security Category

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Dr Barbara Wells acceptance speech on behalf of Sweet Potato Nutrition team for Al Sumait Prize for African Development Food Security Cat...

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Dr Barbara Wells Receives Al Sumait Prize for African Development Food Security Category

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Professor Marsh Speech at Al-Sumait Prize Awards

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Al Sumait 2015 and 2016 Laureates and KFAS and Gates Foundation representatives focus on importance of the award to African Development

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Al Sumait Prize Awards Ceremony African Arab Summit Malabo 2016 Non VO clips

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Dr Sanginga Director General of IITA says organisation is proud to receive Al-Sumait prize for Food Security

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Al-Sumait 2015 Health Prize Winner Professor Keven Marsh Acceptance Speech

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Prix Al-Sumait 2018 Invitation pour les nominations Version française

Documents   •   Jan 16, 2018 12:00 GMT

Prix Al-Sumait 2018 Invitation pour les nominations Version française

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Invitation to Nominate candidates for 2018 Al-Sumait Prize for African Development in Health Catergory English Version

Documents   •   Jan 16, 2018 12:00 GMT

Official English version inviation for Nominations for the Al-Sumait Prize for African Development including rules and regulations of nomination process.

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Prémio Al-Sumait 2018 Convite para Candidaturas Versão em português

Documents   •   Jan 16, 2018 12:00 GMT

Prémio Al-Sumait 2018 Convite para Candidaturas Versão em português

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AL-SUMAIT White Paper - Health Challenges in Africa

AL-SUMAIT White Paper - Health Challenges in Africa

Documents   •   Mar 30, 2016 09:01 GMT

This White Paper examines the complex issue of the health challenges in Africa. It is the first in a series of White Papers in conjunction with Al-Sumait Prize, an annual award managed by the Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) for the advancement of economic, social, human resources, and infrastructure development in the African continent.

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