Humanitarian Neonatology Award
In 2017, the Swiss Society of Neonatology established an annual prize for humanitarian neonatology, worth CHF 5,000 (increased to CHF 10,000 in 2019), to be awarded every two years. From 2023 onwards, the prize is sponsored by the start4neo Swiss neonatal resuscitation training program.
The prize aims to support projects that improve neonatal resuscitation practices, either directly or through training, and is awarded every 2 years.
Projects must be set up in low- or middle-income countries, be non-profit and likely to be sustainable. To be considered, Swiss healthcare professionals must be involved.
The next Prize will be awarded in 2027.
Please send your application to start4neo@neonet.ch
Submission deadline: December 12, 2027
Award winners in the past years
Humanitarian Neonatology Award 2025
Will be communicated at the SSN Annual Meeting, on May 19, 2026 at the KuK in Aarau.
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Humanitarian Neonatology Award 2023
Ranjana Gigi, Winterthur
Program: Swiss Board of Aid (South Africa)
Contact: swissboardofaid@gmail.com
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Humanitarian Neonatology Award 2021
Gudrun Jäger
Program: Swiss Doctors: Help that lasts (Sierra Leone)
Contact: Swiss Doctors
Humanitarian Neonatology Award 2020
Janine Thomann
Program: Neonatology Asmara
Contact: Neonatologie Asmara - ARCHEMED
Humanitarian Neonatology Award 2019
Barbara Deak, Congsor Deak
Program: Neonatology at the Hôpital Albert Schweitzer in Haiti
Matthias Roth-Kleiner
Program: Race for oxygen
Contact: SOUFFLE2VIE
Humanitarian Neonatology Award 2018
Thomas M. Berger, Sabine Berger
Program: Improving neonatal respiratory support at Rundu State Hospital (provision of Pumani bubble CPAP devices and pulse oximetry monitors)
Contact: NEO FOR NAMIBIA - Helping Babies Survive
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