WHO Honours Dr Harsh Vardhan with Special Recognition Award for his Tobacco Control Efforts

The Union Minister of Health and Family Welfare, GoI, Dr. Harsh Vardhan has been awarded with the ‘WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award’ for his accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.
Dr Vardhan was awarded on May 31, 2021, on the occasion of World No Tobacco Day.
His leadership was instrumental in the 2019 national legislation to ban E-cigarettes and heated tobacco products.
The WHO Director-General Special Recognition Award is presented every year by WHO to recognise individuals or organisations in each of the six WHO Regions for their accomplishments in the area of tobacco control.