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{{nihongo|'''Noboru Iwamura'''|岩村昇|Iwamura Noboru|extra=May 26, 1927 – November 27, 2005}} was a [[Japan|Japanese]] biologist, medical doctor and professor of medicine. He was a survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima bomb.<ref name=iwamura-bio>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Biography/BiographyIwamuraNob.htm "The 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding – BIOGRAPHY of Noboru Iwamura"] <small>(Retrieved on February 25, 2008)</small></ref> He spent eighteen years practicing medicine in the Nepal mountains, as a "barefoot doctor". |
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Back in Japan, Iwamura founded the ''Peace, Health, and Human Development Foundation'' in 1980. He founded the ''International Human Resources Institute'' in 1985.<ref name=iwamura-cit/> Iwamura was awarded the 1993 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Peace and International Understanding.<ref name=iwamura-cit>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationIwamuraNob.htm "The 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding – CITATION for Noboru Iwamura"] <small>(Retrieved on February 25, 2008)</small></ref> |
Back in Japan, Iwamura founded the ''Peace, Health, and Human Development Foundation'' in 1980. He founded the ''International Human Resources Institute'' in 1985.<ref name=iwamura-cit/> Iwamura was awarded the 1993 [[Ramon Magsaysay Award]] for Peace and International Understanding.<ref name=iwamura-cit>[http://www.rmaf.org.ph/Awardees/Citation/CitationIwamuraNob.htm "The 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding – CITATION for Noboru Iwamura"] <small>(Retrieved on February 25, 2008)</small></ref> |
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Noboru Iwamura (岩村昇, Iwamura Noboru, May 26, 1927 – November 27, 2005) was a Japanese biologist, medical doctor and professor of medicine. He was a survivor of the 1945 Hiroshima bomb.[1] He spent eighteen years practicing medicine in the Nepal mountains, as a "barefoot doctor".
Back in Japan, Iwamura founded the Peace, Health, and Human Development Foundation in 1980. He founded the International Human Resources Institute in 1985.[2] Iwamura was awarded the 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding.[2]
References
- ^ "The 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding – BIOGRAPHY of Noboru Iwamura" (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
- ^ a b "The 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding – CITATION for Noboru Iwamura" (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)