Mike Fisher discovered Ivermectin in the 1970s, which revolutionized the treatment of a myriad of infectious, particularly parasitic, diseases. As a result over 35 million people no longer live under the previously inevitable threat of loss of sight from onchocerciasis, or gross disfigurement from lymphatic filariasis. It had a similar effect on animal health, ridding livestock of parasitic infections that cause debilitating disease, loss of productivity and frequently death. This award is given annually by WINDREF to honor outstanding individual contributions to global science and scientific achievement that have had an impact on the lives of people, especially in developing countries.