Aly Tewfik Shousha

Sir Aly Tewfik Shousha, Pasha (Arabic: علي توفيق شوشة; 17 August 1891 – 31 May 1964) was an Egyptian doctor and a founding member of the World Health Organization.

[11][12] Shousha died on 31 May 1964, aged 72, while he was attending the WHO Executive Board meeting in Geneva.

[1] He was attending as a representative of the League of Arab States, whose health activities he directed.

[16] In 1966, the ninth World Health Assembly established a foundation to honour his memory as one of the World Health Organization founders and first WHO Regional Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.

The foundation's purpose is to award a prize known as the Shousha Prize, which is given to a person who made the most significant contribution to any health problem in the geographical area in which Dr Shousha served the WHO.