The year 2017 marks the 50thanniversary of the worlds first heart transplant and also marks the same milestone for the world longest surviving liver transplant recipient. This period of 50 years has seen cadaver organ transplantation being delivered as a routine procedure worldwide, and approximately 140,000 transplant procedures are performed worldwide every year. In India, the last 5 years has seen several Indian states develop and grow their cadaver organ donation programmes, led by Tamil Read more..World Leadership Awards

The World Leadership Awards have been prepared by the World Leadership Forum of England, UK (reportedly dissolved as of 2012), and have been presented to city leaders who have shown exceptional imagination, foresight or resilience in a number of key fields - especially cities that have reversed trends, shaken off traditional images, and acted as an example and inspiration to others.

The Awards were instituted in 2005 and awarded in 2006 and 2007. Press releases from some winners have indicated that in 2006, around 400 cities worldwide, were invited to compete in 15 categories of urban quality and improvement.

Note that the Awards (or others of the same name)) have since been awarded in 2012, after the apparent 2009 collapse of the sponsoring World Leadership Forum organization.

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