BOSTON (TIP): Former President Bill Clinton and daughter Chelsea Clinton are being honored during the Harvard School of Public Health’s centennial celebration. At Thursday’s ceremony in Boston, the former president will receive a Centennial Medal along with two world health leaders. Also being honored are Dr Jim Yong Kim, president of the World Bank Group and co-founder of Partners in Health, and Dr Gro Harlem Brundtland, former prime minister of Norway and director-general of the World Health Organization. Chelsea Clinton will receive the Next Generation Award. The Centennial Medals honor people whose leadership has had a significant global impact, improving the health and well-being of people around the world. The Next Generation Award honors someone under 40 whose commitment to health inspires young people to make “health for all” a global priority.
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