Deadline: 8 March 2019
The World Health Organization (WHO) is currently seeking nominations to the World No Tobacco Day Awards of individuals or organizations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.
There will be a maximum of six World No Tobacco Day (WNTD) awards per WHO region. Two of the awardees might be granted special recognition by means of a WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award.
WHO HQ will announce the awardees in WHO Tobacco Free Initiative’s website site five days before 31 May.
Theme
Tobacco and lung health
Eligibility Criteria
- Anyone can submit names for consideration.
- Who can be nominated:
- The nominee can be an individual or a collective (e.g., a nongovernmental organization devoted to tobacco control) or a government department/Ministry that has made outstanding contribution to tobacco control.
- The nominee must have made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of the policies and measures contained in the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control and its guidelines, particularly in relation to the theme of World No Tobacco Day.
- Who cannot be nominated:
- WHO or other United Nations staff and their relatives.
- People or collectives employed by or involved with the tobacco industry and their relatives.
- People or collectives who had received a World No Tobacco Day award in the two previous years.
How to Apply
Applicants can download the nomination form via given website.
For more information, please visit https://www.who.int/tobacco/wntd/2019-awards-call-for-nominations/en/
