Congratulations to Kristin Braa & Jørn Braa on being awarded the 2020 Roux Prize for turning evidence into health impact! This sibling duo developed DHIS2, the largest health information system as a global public good used in 73 countries.
One of the largest awards of its kind, the Roux Prize confers US$100,000 for turning health data into health impact. Roux Prize info » rouxprize.org
Nominations for Roux Prize 2021 are open » healthdata.org/roux-prize/nominations
Nominees may come from anywhere in the world and could include, but are not limited to, staff in government agencies, researchers at academic institutions, volunteers in charitable organizations, or health providers working in the community. Questions? Get in touch with us: info@rouxprize.org
About the Roux Prize:
David and Barbara Roux established the Roux Prize in 2013 to reward innovation in the application of disease burden research. The prize recognizes individuals who have used health evidence in bold ways to make people healthier – and to highlight what’s possible when visionaries use health evidence to change lives. David is a board member at IHME.
Past Roux Prize winners » bit.ly/RouxPrizeWinners
About IHME:
The Institute for Health Metrics and Evaluation is an independent population health research center at UW School of Medicine, part of the University of Washington, that provides rigorous and comparable measurement of the world's most important health problems and evaluates the strategies used to address them. IHME makes this information freely available so that policymakers have the evidence they need to make informed decisions about how to allocate resources to best improve population health. Learn more about IHME » healthdata.org
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