A Japanese pioneer in rural health care who contributed to medical activities in agricultural communities in Japan

A committed humanitarian, pediatrician, administrator, educator, researcher, author, public health advocate, whose pioneering spirit in fostering health and preventing sickness particularly among children helped not only in reducing infant morbidity and mortality in the country but also in establishing health, research, and educational institutions

A Thai activist noted for her work with slum dwellers in the Khlong Toei District of Bangkok, Thailand

A doctor who shared with her husband Rajanikant a passion to serve India's rural poor through medical service

A doctor who shared with his wife Mabelle Rajanikant a passion to serve India's rural poor through medical service

A prominent surgeon, educator and a philantrophist who set up medical cooperatives in the midst of rebuilding a war-ravaged nation, that allowed for his poor countrymen to access quality medical care

An Indian doctor who developed the "Jaipur Foot", an effective and inexpensive artificial limb that helped amputees from poor, rural communities to live normal and fulfilling lives

A medical doctor who played an important role in the setting up of several development agencies, and is considered the author and brains behind the Thai Health Promotion Foundation or ThaiHealth

An American secular priest who believed that Christianity must be expressed through a "church of the poor" and devoted his life to enabling Korea?s social outcasts to participate fully in society