Sir Brian Mellor Greenwood (born 1938) is a British physician, biomedical research scientist, academic, and recipient of the first

Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize The honors men and women "with outstanding achievements in the fields of medical research and medical services to combat infectious and other diseases in Africa, thus contributing to the health and welfare of the African people and of all humankind ...

. Greenwood is the Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine,

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.Greenwood, Brian
"Editorial: Treating Malaria in Africa,"
''British Medical Journal'' – BMJ 2004;328:534–535 (6 March), .

Malaria research and mitigation

Greenwood's career has focused on mitigating the effects of

malaria Malaria is a Mosquito-borne disease, mosquito-borne infectious disease that affects vertebrates and ''Anopheles'' mosquitoes. Human malaria causes Signs and symptoms, symptoms that typically include fever, Fatigue (medical), fatigue, vomitin ...

and pertinent research. In his ten years experience working in

Nigeria Nigeria, officially the Federal Republic of Nigeria, is a country in West Africa. It is situated between the Sahel to the north and the Gulf of Guinea in the Atlantic Ocean to the south. It covers an area of . With Demographics of Nigeria, ...

, and his fifteen years as the head of the Medical Research Council Laboratories in the

Gambia The Gambia, officially the Republic of The Gambia, is a country in West Africa. Geographically, The Gambia is the List of African countries by area, smallest country in continental Africa; it is surrounded by Senegal on all sides except for ...

, his main research interests were malaria and infections caused by capsulated bacteria such as the meningococcus (''Neissera meningitidis''). Malaria's stubborn resistance to control and treatment has been demonstrated in his West African clinical experience. Setbacks in a series of promising drug treatments have proven frustrating. Although successes in research for a reliable vaccine have continued to prove elusive, Dr. Greenwood has also persisted in promoting a simpler preventive approach. He has been in the forefront of those who are encouraging the use of chemically treated mosquito nets to shield sleeping villagers from attack by the malaria-infected insects. Greenwood was

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in the 2012 New Year Honours for services to malaria research in Africa.

Honours

* 1977 –

Chalmers Medal The Chalmers Medal is the major mid-career award of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. The Chalmers Medal was initially awarded biennially, then annually, "in recognition of research of outstanding merit contributing to our knowl ...

Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene The Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene, more commonly known by its acronym RSTMH, was founded in 1907 by Sir James Cantlie and George Carmichael Low. Sir Patrick Manson, the Society's first President (1907–1909), was recognised as ...

(RSTMH). RSTMH, Chalmers Medal.
* 1987 – Appointed

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in the

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. * 1991 –

Donald Mackay Medal The Donald Mackay Medal is awarded for outstanding work in tropical health, especially relating to improvements in the health of rural or urban workers in the tropics. It is named after Donald Mackay, who was deputy Director of the Ross Institute ...

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.US/National Institutes of Health
Gorgas Lecture (2003)
* 1993 – an honorary doctorate from the Faculty of Science and Mathematics at

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* 1995 – Adesuyi Prize, West African Health Community (1995). * 2001 –

Manson Medal The Manson Medal (full name Sir Patrick Manson Medal, originally the Manson Memorial Medal), named in honour of Sir Patrick Manson, is the highest accolade the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene awards. Started in 1923, it is awarded tr ...

, Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene. * 2008 - Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize in the Medical Research category * 2011 – Appointed

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in the Queen's

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* 2012 – John Dirks Canada Gairdner Global Health Award

Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize

The Japanese Government established the

in July 2006 as a new international medical research and services award. The announcement of tentative plans for the prize were timed to mark the official visit to by Prime Minister

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to Africa in May 2006. The announcement also marked the 80th anniversary of Dr. Noguchi's death. The Prize aims to honour individuals with outstanding achievements in combating various infectious diseases in Africa or in establishing innovative medical service systems. The inaugural presentation ceremony and the initial laureate lectures coincide with the Fourth

Tokyo International Conference on African Development is a conference held regularly with the objective "to promote high-level policy dialogue between African leaders and development partners." Japan is a co-host of these conferences. Other co-organizers of TICAD are the United Nations Office of t ...

(TICAD), which was held in

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in late April 2008. This year's conference venue was moved from Tokyo to Yokohama as another way of honouring the man after whom the prize was named. In 1899, Dr. Noguchi worked at the Yokohama Port Quarantine Office as an assistant quarantine doctor. Japanese Prime Minister

Yasuo Fukuda is a Japanese politician who served as Prime Minister of Japan from 2007 to 2008. He was previously the longest-serving Chief Cabinet Secretary in Japanese history, serving in that role from 2000 to 2004 under Prime Ministers Yoshirō Mori an ...

made the actual award presentation; and the Emperor and Empress were present at the 2008 ceremony along with a large number of African heads of state. Greenwood was honoured in the Medical Research category; and his announced laureate lecture topic was "Malaria elimination – Is it possible?"Japan, Cabinet Office
Noguchi Prize, fact sheet.
The first awards of this international prize—consisting of a citation, a medal and an honorarium of 100 million yen (US$843,668) were only intended to be the first in a continuing series; and subsequently the Prize is expected to be awarded every five years. The prize has been made possible through a combination of government funding and private donations.
''Yomiuri Shimbun'' (Tokyo). 30 March 2008.

References

External links

* Audio interview
Dr. Greenwood discusses Noguchi Prize and his research background in Africa
* Japanese Government Internet TV

* Development Gateway Foundation
Noguchi Prize, Greenwood bio
* Gates Malaria Partnership

* Malaria Advisory Group (MAG)
Greenwood, adviser
* Japan Society for the Promotion of Science

* University of London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine

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