William H. Foege, MD, MPH Named 2006 Sabin Gold Medal Recipient
10 Apr 2006
Vaccine
WASHINGTON, April 10 /PRNewswire/ -- The Albert B. Sabin Vaccine Institute (SVI) will award the 2006 Sabin Gold Medal to global health expert and epidemiologist William H. Foege, MD, MPH at a ceremony at 6:30 p.m. on May 9, 2006 in Baltimore, Maryland. Foege has for more than 30 years been a champion of immunization programs for children around the world and was cofounder and executive director of the Atlanta-based Task Force for Child Survival and Development.
Foege is the 14th recipient of the Sabin Gold Medal, awarded annually by the SVI to recognize extraordinary accomplishments of those who make vaccine discoveries or employ vaccines to combat vaccine-preventable diseases. The medal commemorates the legacy of the late Dr. Sabin, who in addition to discovering the oral polio vaccine worked tirelessly during his lifetime to see it and other vaccines utilized globally.
According to H.R. Shepherd, SVI chairman, "Bill Foege has made an extraordinary impact on the world's health. He is eminently deserving of the Sabin Gold Medal, having deployed vaccines to their maximum effectiveness to reduce the burden of infectious diseases on the world's children, families and communities."
Foege worked in the successful campaign to eradicate smallpox in the 1970s. He championed child survival and development, injury prevention, population, preventive medicine, and public health leadership, particularly in the developing world. He is a strong proponent of disease eradication and control, and has taken an active role in the eradication of Guinea worm, polio and measles, and the elimination of River Blindness. His many publications and lectures have broadened public awareness of these issues and brought them to the forefront of domestic and international health policies.
Foege attended Pacific Lutheran University, received his medical degree from the University of Washington, and his Master's in Public Health from Harvard University. He held key posts at the CDC Smallpox Eradication Program, the U.S. Centers for Disease Control, the Task Force for Child Survival, the Carter Center, Emory University and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Foege remains active at Emory University as Emeritus Presidential Distinguished Professor of International Health and as a Gates Fellow at the Gates Foundation.
Sabin Vaccine Institute
CONTACT: Raymond MacDougall of Sabin Vaccine Institute, +1-202-265-6517,sabin@sabin.org
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