Fourth Tokyo International Conference on African Development (TICAD), which was held in Yokohama 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 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?" 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. References External links Audio interview: Dr. Greenwood discusses Noguchi Prize and his research background in Africa Japanese Government Internet TV: streaming video, "Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize," 2007/04/26 (5 mins.) Development Gateway Foundation: Noguchi Prize, Greenwood bio Gates Malaria Partnership: Greenwood, director Malaria Advisory Group (MAG): Greenwood, adviser Japan Society for the Promotion of Science: Purpose and Description of the Noguchi Prize University of London, London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine: Noguchi prize announcement 1938 births Living people Commanders of the Order of the British Empire Knights Bachelor 20th-century English medical doctors Academics of the London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine Fellows of the Royal Society Fellows of the Royal College of Physicians Malariologists Manson medal winners Presidents of the Royal Society of Tropical Medicine and Hygiene