Noboru Iwamura

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Noboru Iwamura (岩村昇, 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]

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1. ^ "The 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding – BIOGRAPHY of Noboru Iwamura" (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)
2. ^ ^{a b} "The 1993 Ramon Magsaysay Award for Peace and International Understanding – CITATION for Noboru Iwamura" (Retrieved on February 25, 2008)