世界卫生组织总干事谭德塞在第76届世界卫生大会开幕式上宣布颁发主任总干事全球卫生领袖奖1。这项终身成就奖于2019年设立1，2023年5月21日在日内瓦首次颁授予两位杰出公共卫生领袖1。
获奖者为刚果民主共和国的让-雅克·穆耶姆贝-坦夫姆教授和比利时的彼得·皮奥特教授1。穆耶姆贝-坦夫姆现任刚果民主共和国国家生物医学研究所所长、金沙萨大学医学院微生物学教授及刚果科学院首任主席1，在1976年扎伊尔埃博拉病毒首次疫情发现中发挥关键作用，并协助设计了首批有效治疗方案和部署实验性埃博拉疫苗1。皮奥特教授现为欧盟委员会主席特别顾问和全球卫生教授1、伦敦卫生与热带医学院前主任1，在领导全球HIV/AIDS疫情响应、启动联合国艾滋病规划署及全球抗艾滋病基金等重大全球卫生倡议中做出重要贡献1。
WHO Director-General Dr Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus announced the presentation of two lifetime achievement awards during the opening ceremony of the 76th World Health Assembly on Sunday, May 21, 2023, in Geneva 1. The recipients are Professor Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum of the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Professor Peter Piot of Belgium, both recognized as distinguished scientists and public health leaders whose work has shaped global health responses 1.
Muyembe-Tamfum serves as Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Research in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Professor of Microbiology at the University of Kinshasa's Faculty of Medicine, and founding chair of the Congolese Academy of Sciences 1. His career contributions include involvement in the identification of the first Zaire Ebola virus outbreak in 1976, designing early effective treatment protocols, and deploying experimental Ebola vaccines 1.
Piot, currently a special adviser to the President of the European Commission and professor of global health, led major global health initiatives including the HIV/AIDS response and the establishment of UNAIDS and the Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria 1. He previously served as director of the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine 1.
The Director-General's Global Leaders Awards, established in 2019, recognize lifetime achievement and contributions to public health worldwide 1.
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