1899, Dr. Noguchi worked at the Yokohama Port Quarantine Office as an assistant quarantine doctor. Prof. Greenwood, the Manson Professor of Clinical Tropical Medicine at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine (LSHTM), was honored in the Medical Research category; and his laureate lecture topic was "Malaria elimination – Is it possible?" Prof. Were, chairperson of Kenya's National AIDS Control Council (NACC), chairperson of the African Medical and Research Foundation (AMREF) and formerly Professor of Community Health at the University of Nairobi School of Medicine, was honored in the Medical Services category; and her laureate lecture was "Potential for Improvement in Africa's Health Through Evidence and Persistence in the Spirit of Dr. Hideyo Noguchi." With significantly large money prizes attending this award, the Noguchi Prize already rivals the major established scientific awards. From the outset, the 2008 Noguchi Prizes—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 subsequent prizes are expected to be awarded every five years. The prize has been made possible through a combination of government funding and private donations. List of laureates The Japanese government has commemorated Dr. Noguchi's life by printing his portrait on Japanese 1000 yen banknotes since 2004; and this new initiative intends to do more than honoring the man himself. The Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize is expected to draw attention to those whose own work mirrors what Dr. Noguchi strove to achieve. Medical Research Category 2019 Jean-Jacques Muyembe-Tamfum (Democratic Republic of the Congo), General Director of the National Institute of Biomedical Research (INRB), Professor of Medical Microbiology/ Virology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Kinshasa 2013 Peter Piot (Belgium) 2008 Brian Greenwood (UK). Medical Services Category 2019 Francis Gervase Omaswa (Republic of Uganda) Executive Director of African Center for Global Health and Social Transformation (ACHEST) 2013 Alex Coutinho (Uganda) 2008 Miriam Were (Kenya). See also List of medicine awards The Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria Millennium Development Goals and United Nations Millennium Declaration Notes References D'Amelio, Dan. Taller Than Bandai Mountain: The Story of Hideyo Noguchi. New York: Viking Press. (cloth) Flexner, Simon. (1929). "Hideyo Noguchi: A Biographical Sketch," in Science, Vol. 69, p. 653. Kita, Atsushi. (2005). Dr. Noguchi's Journey: A Life of Medical Search and Discovery (tr., Peter Durfee). Tokyo: Kodansha. (cloth) External links Japanese Government Internet TV: streaming video,