The Director of WHO's Stop TB Department, Dr Mario Raviglione, has been honoured the Princess Chichibu Memorial TB Global Award in2005.

This year, on the 29th of October 2016, the prize is given to a person who has shown great achievements in anti-tuberculosis activities, irrespective of his or her nationality. Recommended by the awards committee of the International Union against Tuberculosis and Lung Disease (The Union), a candidate is nominated and confirmed by the Japan Anti-Tuberculosis Association.

The Princess Chichibu Global Memorial TB Award was presented to Asma El Sony (Sudan) by Prof Shoji Kudoh, Chairman, Board of Directors, JATA. Asma El Sony, former President of The Union, is Director of the Epidemiological Laboratory (Epi-Lab) in Khartoum since 2005. Based on her successful experience with TB control, Prof El Sony has been involved in providing technical assistance to national tuberculosis control programmes in a number of countries.