Awards ceremony

Introduction to Award Ceremony
5th National Pediatric Conference on Children and HIV, Kigali, 2009

•   The award ceremony is one of the main innovations of this year edition of the National Pediatric Conference on Children and HIV. It is aimed at celebrating excellence, and innovation in responding to the challenges of children and HIV. More importantly, it will promote the work of young investigator, catalyzing knowledge sharing and documentation of the excellent work we are accomplishing in Rwanda.

•   Nine awards distributed in 3 categories were in competition: Innovation (4 awards), Young Investigator (4 awards), and Excellent District Intervention (1 award).

•   Selection process: An award selection committee, representative of the 4 Ps, oversaw the selection process under the coordination of the chair and co-chair of this conference. Winners were selected through a transparent and rigorously documented process.