A prize for global health in the name of Rudolf Virchow

Abstract

It was recently announced that the 2023 Virchow Prize for Global Health will be bestowed upon Professor Rose Gana Fomban Leke, from Cameroon, in recognition of her distinctive and exceptional lifetime achievements in strengthening global health, pioneering infectious disease research that recognises the need to re‑think malaria as a societal and development problem beyond the purely biomedical lens to achieve a malaria‑free world and her relentless dedication in advancing gender equality (1). The award ceremony will take place under the High Patronage of the President of the German Parliament, Bärbel Bas, at Berlin City Hall on October 14 this year, the eve of the World Health Summit opening. This is the second time the Virchow Prize has been