Professor Cesar Victora received the Gairdner Global Health Award at an official ceremony of the Gairdner Foundation. The ceremony took place on October 26, 2017, at the Royal Ontario Museum in Toronto.

 

The Gairdner Award, Canada's most important scientific award and one of the most respected in the field of health sciences in the world, distinguishes seven scientists annually for their contributions to research in medicine and global health. The winners of the 2017 edition were announced in March this year at an event at the Toronto Reference Library.

 

Victora, the first Brazilian scientist to receive the Gairdner award, was distinguished by his studies on breastfeeding and maternal and infant nutrition, which demonstrated the impact of exclusive breastfeeding on infant mortality and the effects of nutrition in the first years of life on health from childhood to adulthood.