Bloomberg Philanthropies, the New York City based philanthropic institution founded by Boston born billionaire Michael Bloomberg, has put out a press release recognizing the “outstanding work” governments and non-government organizations (NGOs) have put into the fight against tobacco use.
The philanthropy congratulated the winners of its Awards for Global Tobacco Control, which celebrates “the significant strides made by organization implementing anti-tobacco policies in low and middle-income countries.”
The former mayor of New York City, Michael Bloomberg, announced the winners at the 17th World Conference on Tobacco or Health. Bloomberg, the Global Ambassador for Noncommunicable Diseases at the World Health Organization (WHO), congratulated the winners personally in a statement in which he said:
“Congratulations to all of the winners for their outstanding work, which is saving lives every day (…) Over the last decade the global effort to fight tobacco use has come farther than almost anyone imagined possible – but we will have a long way to go, and these honorees are helping to lead the way forward.”
The winners of the 2018 Bloomberg Philanthropies Award and the categories in which they were selected as winners are as follows:
- Monitoring: Ministry of Health Vietnam
- Protecting: Fondo Solidario para la Salud (FOSALUD) de El Salvador
- Offering Help To Quit: Fundación Interamericana del Corazón (FIC) Mexico
- Warning: Ministry of Health Senegal
- Enforcing: Uganda National Health Consumers’ Organization
- Raising Tobacco Taxes: Ministry of Health, Ministry of Treasury Argentina, and the American Heart Foundation
The Bloomberg Awards for Global Tobacco Control were first awarded by the philanthropy in 2009. The awards were, at the time, announced during the 14th World Health Conference on Tobacco or Health in Mumbai, India.
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