Raden Kodijat (1890-1968) was the recipient of the 1961

Ramon Magsaysay Award The Ramon Magsaysay Award (Filipino language, Filipino: ''Gawad Ramon Magsaysay'') is an annual award established to perpetuate former Philippine President Ramon Magsaysay's example of integrity in governance, courageous service to the people, ...

for his dedicated and skillful coordination of the massive

yaws Yaws is a tropical infection of the skin, bones, and joints caused by the spirochete bacterium ''Treponema pallidum pertenue''. The disease begins with a round, hard swelling of the skin, in diameter. The center may break open and form an ulc ...

erradication campaign. He worked in the Public Health Service and under his direction over 12 million Indonesians were cured with over 55 million examined.

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Ramon Magsaysay Award winners 1890 births 1968 deaths {{Indonesia-med-bio-stub