Archive · 23 Sep 2025
Gates Foundation Honors Health Pioneers with Goalkeepers Awards
The Gates Foundation gave out awards to people helping kids worldwide.
Doctors Abhay and Rani Bang, who started a health program, and Dr. Naveen Thacker, who works to improve child health, were honored.
The Bangs helped lower infant deaths with their community health work.
Dr. Thacker helped get rid of polio.
The awards were part of the 2025 Goalkeepers event, where the President of Spain also received an award.
The awards aim to recognize those working to improve global health and child survival.
Dr. Abhay and Dr. Rani Bang received the Goalkeepers Champions Award.
Dr. Naveen Thacker, Executive Director of the International Paediatric Association, also received the award.
The awards were presented at the 2025 Goalkeepers event.
President of the Government of Spain Pedro Sanchez was named the 2025 Global Goalkeeper award winner.
SEARCH pioneered programs to train rural women in pneumonia treatment and newborn care.
- Who
- Dr. Abhay and Dr. Rani Bang, Dr. Naveen Thacker
- What
- Received the Goalkeepers Champions Award
- When
- Tuesday
- Where
- 2025 Goalkeepers event
- Why
- For their contributions to child health and community-based healthcare innovations
- Award
- Goalkeepers Champions Award
- Awarding Organization
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation
- Recipients
- Dr. Abhay and Dr. Rani Bang, Dr. Naveen Thacker, Pedro Sanchez
- Organization of Bangs
- SEARCH
- Sanchez's Award
- 2025 Global Goalkeeper award
Sources
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