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Hamid Jafari National Security and International Affairs Medal Finalist
Medical Officer
Centers for Disease Control and Prevention
Atlanta, Ga.
Jafari directed the global initiative that eradicated polio in India and is leading the effort to eliminate this crippling and potentially fatal disease in the final three countries where it persists.