UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal

UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal
Awarded for	"outstanding research contributing to a beneficial impact on human health and to the advancement of scientific knowledge in related fields such as medicine, fermentations, agriculture and food."
Presented by	United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) and the Pasteur Institute
First award	1995

The UNESCO/Institut Pasteur Medal is a biennial international science prize created jointly by UNESCO and the Pasteur Institute in 1995 "to be awarded in recognition of outstanding research contributing to a beneficial impact on human health and to the advancement of scientific knowledge in related fields such as medicine, fermentations, agriculture and food." Its creation marked the centenary of the death of Louis Pasteur.[1] The future of the prize is under review.^[citation needed]

Laureates

Year	Recipient	Country
1995	Natth Bhamarapravati	Thailand[1]
1997	Esther Orozco	Mexico[1]
1999	Luiz Pereira da Silva	Brazil[1]
2001	Sima Rafati Seyedi Yazdi	Iran[1]
2003	Fadila Boulahbal	Algeria[1]
2005	Mireille Dosso	Ivory Coast[1]

See also

• List of biomedical science awards

References

1. Hoareau, Lucy (2006-05-10). "Institut Pasteur/UNESCO Medal". UNESCO. Archived from the original on 2009-11-11. Retrieved 2009-08-21.