The winners

• Seye Abimbola ( Nigeria) “Of patents and patients”
• Denise Nacif Pimenta ( Brazil) “Can the 'North' learn from developing countries: question or affirmation?”
• Laura Sikstrom ( Canada) “'For the future for tomorrow': evidence-based research in food security interventions”
• Lee Yung Wong ( Malaysia) “The face of equitable access: going beyond health, to life for all”
• Zhang Lingling (People's Republic of China) “Where have all the barefoot doctors gone in pursuing a more equitable new health care system in China?”