Simon Bush awarded OBE for services to global health

Simon Bush, director of neglected tropical diseases (NTDs) at Sightsavers, has been appointed an Officer of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire (OBE) in King Charles III’s 2025 Birthday Honours list.

The OBE recognised his contributions to the control and elimination of global NTDs - a group of conditions affecting over a billion people worldwide that can cause severe impairment and even death.

Bush, who has worked at Sightsavers for 26 years, said: ‘I’m so proud to read ‘neglected tropical diseases’ in the King’s birthday honours. It recognises an extraordinary global health success story that goes far beyond my own work.’