Africa: The Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize 2008

1 May 2008
Government of Japan (Tokyo)
press release

Tokyo — The Government of Japan announces today its decision to award the inaugural Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prizes to Brian Greenwood and Miriam K. Were.

The laureates of each category will be awarded a citation, a medal and an honorarium of 100 million yen (approximately 1 million US dollars) at the award ceremony on 28 May 2008 within the TICAD IV.

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