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SingHealth Receives International Awards for Healthy Ageing and Population Health Initiatives

  • In recognition of its contributions to healthy ageing, SingHealth has been conferred the His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for the Promotion of Healthy Ageing by the World Health Organization.
  • This reflects SingHealth's growing international standing in population health. In March 2026, SingHealth was also awarded the Best Cross-Organisation Collaboration Award at the International Forum on Quality & Safety in Healthcare for its work in transforming community-based care in Singapore.

SINGAPORE, May 22, 2026 /PRNewswire/ -- The World Health Organization (WHO) has conferred SingHealth the His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for the Promotion of Healthy Ageing, an international accolade established by the State of Kuwait Health Promotion Foundation. This award honours outstanding contributions to research, health promotion, policy and programmes on healthy ageing, and was presented to SingHealth at the WHO Assembly on 20 May 2026 in Geneva, Switzerland.

Professor Ng Wai Hoe, Group CEO, SingHealth, (second from left) receiving the His Highness Sheikh Sabah Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah Prize for the Promotion of Healthy Ageing at the WHO Assembly on 20 May 2026. (Photo credit: World Health Organization)

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