PATH was selected to receive the 2009 Conrad N. Hilton Humanitarian Prize, which includes an unrestricted award of US$1.5 million. The Conrad N. Hilton Foundation “presents the annual award, the world’s largest humanitarian prize, to an organization that is significantly alleviating human suffering.” The prize will be presented on September 21 in Washington, DC, with keynote speaker Muhammad Yunus, who is a Nobel Peace Prize laureate, founder of the Grameen Bank, and former Hilton Prize juror. Steven M. Hilton, president and CEO of the Hilton Foundation, said, “Bringing new ideas and technologies to the toughest global health challenges and scaling them up at low prices, often hand-in-hand with the private sector, PATH is having a profound impact on the health and quality of life of millions of men, women, and children around the world,” said. Dr. Christopher J. Elias, PATH’s president and CEO, commented, “PATH is
honored to be selected for the prestigious Hilton Humanitarian Prize. We will use the Prize funds as innovation capital to support new initiatives in areas we’ve identified as critical to PATH’s mission: accelerating innovation in product development and introduction; bringing to scale essential health solutions and programs; and expanding our field presence, especially in Africa.”