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2026 United Nations Population Award Ceremony

8 July 2026

A young participant attends the 2026 United Nations Population Award Ceremony.

The annual awards recognize outstanding contributions by individuals or institutions to population and reproductive health issues and solutions.

The laureates of the forty-first edition of the United Nations Population Award are Professor Serigne Magueye Gueye, an obstetric surgeon from Senegal, in the individual category, and the Fondation Bonne Action Umugiraneza of Burundi, in the institution category.

Professor Serigne Magueye Gueye has dedicated his career to helping women recover from obstetric fistula. The Fondation Bonne Action Umugiraneza works to improve access to health care, education and social support for some of Burundi's most vulnerable women, children and families.

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