GNU Health: Luis Falcon, author of GNU Health, receives the One World One Family Humanitarian award in the field of Healthcare

Muddenahalli, August 17th 2025

Dr. Luis Falcón, author of GNU Health and founder of GNU Solidario, received the One World One Family Humanitarian award in the field of Healthcare from Sri Madhusudan Sai, founder of One World One Family mission.

The award ceremony took place during the World Cultural Festival in Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli, India, this Monday, August 17th.

The award reads:

Citation
ONE WORLD ONE FAMILY
HUMANITARIAN AWARD 2025

in the category of
Healthcare
is hereby conferred on

Dr. Luis Falcón
of Spain
on 17 August 2025 at Sathya Sai Grama, Muddenahalli

A Pioneer in Open Science for Global Healthcare

Dr Luis Falcón is honored for his outstanding contributions to advancing social medicine, ethical research, and healthcare accessibility worldwide. He is the founder of GNU Solidario and creator of GNU Health, a United Nations-adopted, award-winning health information system. His work has transformed hospitals and research institutions across the globe.

Through open-source innovation, compassionate care models, and his advocacy for cruelty-free, human-relevant research, Dr Falcón bridges medicine, technology, and ethics to serve both humanity and the planet. His dedication to integrating genomics, environmental health, and precision medicine continues to inspire efforts toward a more equitable and sustainable future for global health.

His commitment to health equity continues to inspire hope for a future where healthcare is truly ethical, inclusive, and accesible to all.

Sadugru Sri Madhusudan Sai
Founder, One World One Family Mission

At GNU Solidario, we are honored for this award from such a noble Mission as One World One Family, that shares the spirit of delivering universal health and education across the world. In November, the One World One Family mission will inaugurate the largest free hospital in the world, a 600 bed tertiary hospital that will keep on providing universal healthcare, free of charge, for those who need it most, not just in India, but across the globe.

Whether is building hospitals, providing shelter and free education to the underprivileged or writing Free/Libre software to empower health professionals and their patients, we all have a common goal: Freedom and dignity to anyone in this world.

In 2011 – almost fifteen years ago from now – it was Richard Stallman, creator of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, who gave Luis Falcón the award for Social Benefit for the GNU Health project.

Since then, the GNU Health Hospital Information System has been adopted by countries Ministries of Health, multilateral organizations, laboratories, hospitals, health professionals, academic and research institutions across the world.

We are humbled and full of gratitude, joy and commitment to keep on fighting in advancing Social Medicine. In these times of darkness, the One World One Family mission is a beacon of hope, and we are very proud to be part of it.

We want to make this award extensive to all the GNU community, and to any of you around the world that writes Free/Libre software for the betterment of the society.

Much love

The GNU Solidario team

Source: Planet GNU