Hideyo Noguchi Africa Prize
Monument Unveiling Ceremony and Press Conference

Wednesday, 28th May 2008, Nagahama Hall, Yokohama




Presentation of special stamps
Presentation of Special Stamps



Unveiling of the monument
Unveiling of the Monument




Greeting by the Mayor
Greetings by Mr. Nakada, Mayor of Yokohama




      [Visit to the Bacteriological Examination Room]

      [Monument Unveiling Ceremony]

         *Welcome Performance (Violin performance by Ms. Ikuko Kawai)

         *Greetings by Mr. Nakada, Mayor of Yokohama

         *Greetings by the Representative from the Embassy of the Republic of Ghana

         *Presentation of Special Stamps

         *Unveiling of the Monument

         *Installation of the Plates ( with inscriptions of the names of the Laureates )

         *Presentation of Flowers




Presentation of flowers
Presentation of Flowers
(in front of the momument)
Inside of the Bacteriological Examination Room
View of the
Bacteriological Examination Room







Welcome performance (Violin performance by Ms. Ikuko Kawai)
Welcome performance
(Violin performance by Ms. Ikuko Kawai)



in front of Hideyo Noguchi Bacteriological Examination Room(Mr. and Prof. Were, Dr. and Mrs. Greenwood and Mayor of Yokohama)
in front of Hideyo Noguchi
Bacteriological Examination Room
(Mr. and Prof. Were, Dr. and Mrs. Greenwood
and Mayor of Yokohama)


Greeting by a Representative from the Embassy of the Republic of Ghana
Greetings by a Representative from
the Embassy of the Republic of Ghana



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