Profession - Life

International Prize “ Profession - Life ” is an annual award awarded in a number of nominations for outstanding contributions in the fields of medicine and healthcare, as well as ecology, with the aim of promoting achievements aimed at improving the quality of human life ^[1] . Both individuals and groups, organizations, institutions are awarded with it. The award was founded in 2004 at the initiative of the Russian Assembly Health Foundation charity foundation with the support of WHO, UN, the Russian government, the Russian Orthodox Church and the Russian Muftis Council. At the origins of the idea of ​​creating the award stood B. V. Petrovsky ^[2] . The organizing committee of the award included R. S. Akchurin , L. A. Bokeria , B. V. Gaidar , G. M. Grechko , N. N. Drozdov , L. M. Roshal , Valery Shumakov , Gennady Onishchenko , Ivan Neumyvakin , and high jury - J. I. Alferov , Yu. A. Bashmet , L. M. Gurchenko , A. A. Karelin , A. E. Karpov , M. V. Komissar , V. S. Lanovoi , M. M. Plisetskaya , L.K. Sliska . Information coverage of the award was carried out by various media and the scientific and medical periodicals ^{[3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11]} . The winner of the award receives her symbol - the “Charity” figurine.

The prizes were awarded by the International Green Cross and Chairman of its Board of Directors M. S. Gorbachev (2004) ^[12] , Alexy II (2005) ^[13] , Greenpeace Russia (2005) ^[14] , WWF Russia (2006) ^[15] , N D. Yushchuk (2009) ^[16] .

Laureates of the award “Legend of World Medicine”

1. Shumakov Valery Ivanovich
2. Boqueria Leo Antonovich
3. Afanasyev Leonid Mikhailovich
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5. Mironova Zoya Sergeevna
6. Nasonova Valentina Aleksandrovna
7. Uglov Fedor Grigorievich
8. Chazov Evgeny Ivanovich
9. Gauthier Sergey Vladimirovich
10. Shtein Valentina Viktorovna