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Jesus C. Azurin (December 20, 1916 – February 13, 1990) was a Filipino doctor who was the Philippines’ Minister of Health from July 1981 to February 1986.〔(Department of Health website, Republic of the Philippines )〕〔(Wikipilipinas.org entry on Department of Health )〕 In 1985, he was the recipient of the first Sasakawa Prize awarded by the World Health Organization (WHO) for achievements in the public health field.〔(Recipients of the Sasakawa Health Prize, World Health Organization website )〕 At the 38th World Health Assembly on May 9, 1985 at the Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland, Dr. Azurin was cited for accomplishments that "have been recognized nationally and internationally". Among several specific achievements mentioned in the Award's citation were that "Dr. Azurin personally initiated and promoted a series of innovative mesures to make primary health care a reality in the Philippines", that he "reorganized the Ministry of Health in order to decentralize its activities" and "vigorously supported... community projects to bring essential drugs within the reach of the population at an affordable cost", and that he pioneered in the effort that "led to the establishment of a research institute for tropical medicine in Manila, as a support to the Ministry's programme to control communicable diseases".〔(Verbatim Record of the Thirty-Eighth World Health Assembly Meeting, May 9, 1985, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland )〕 According to the Verbatim Record of the 38th World Health Assembly, “The Sasakawa Health Prize rewards innovative work in health development.” 〔(Verbatim Record of the Thirty-Eighth World Health Assembly Meeting, May 9, 1985, Palais des Nations, Geneva, Switzerland )〕 Dr. Azurin’s transformation of the Philippine public health system is documented in his 1988 book ''Primary Health Care: Innovations in the Philippine Health System 1981-1985''. Azurin was involved in the WHO's smallpox eradication effort as a member of the Global Commission for the Eradication of Smallpox. He was a signatory to the historic document – signed in Geneva on December 9, 1979 〔(eradication of smallpox )〕 – declaring smallpox to have been eradicated as a devastating disease of mankind.〔(Final Report of the Global Commission for the Certification of Smallpox Eradication, World Health Organization, Geneva, December 1979 )〕〔(Parchment signed in Geneva on 9 December 1979, by the members of the Global Commission for Certification of Smallpox Eradication, World Health Organization )〕 == Early life == Azurin graduated with a Doctor of Medicine degree from the University of the Philippines’ College of Medicine in 1941. An officer in the Reserve Officers Training Corps (ROTC) of the University of the Philippines,〔(University of the Philippines ROTC Unit, Wikipedia )〕 Azurin volunteered for military service when war broke out in the Philippines on December 8, 1941. He joined the Philippine Army, serving as medical officer with the 1st Battalion, 1st Regular Infantry Division of the USAFFE (United States Armed Forces in the Far East) 〔(Philippine Army and Guerilla Records, National Archives at St. Louis, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration )〕〔(Military Records, Philippine Archives Collection, National Archives at St. Louis, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration )〕 and saw action on Bataan. When Bataan fell to the Japanese in April 1942, he became one of the prisoners of war who suffered through the brutal Death March and he was incarcerated at the infamous Capas Concentration Camp in Tarlac province.〔(Capas National Shrine, Tarlac, Philippines )〕〔“Wall of Heroes”, World War II Memorial, Capas, Tarlac, Philippines〕 On his release from the Capas Camp in 1943, he joined the Filipino guerrilla movement in northern Luzon and served as Regimental Surgeon of the 11th Infantry, USAFIP-NL.〔(Military Records, Philippine Archives Collection, National Archives at St. Louis, U.S. National Archives and Records Administration )〕 After the war, he decided to remain in the public service. He joined the Philippines’ Bureau of Quarantine as a Quarantine Medical Officer in 1947.〔(Department of Health website, Republic of the Philippines )〕 In 1952, he was awarded a scholarship to New York’s Columbia University to learn more about public health methods, procedures, and systems. He earned his master's degree in Public Health from Columbia University in 1953. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Jesus C. Azurin」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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