[Leish-l] Obituary

Asrat Hailu a_hailu at hotmail.com
Thu May 15 05:02:02 BRT 2014


Dear Martin,
 
Sad news! May the soul  of this great scientist rest in peace! 


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Asrat Hailu Mekuria (PhD)
Professor of Immunoparasitology
Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University
PO Box 28017 Code 1000
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel. +251-1-115533197(office); +251-911-480993 (mobile)
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Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:07:59 -0430
From: martinsanchez1 at gmail.com
To: Leish-l at lineu.icb.usp.br; jayusp at hotmail.com
Subject: [Leish-l] Obituary

I regret to
inform the scientific community of the list today we buried our Maestro! Professor. Jacinto Convit who
passed away on Monday, May 12 at the age of 100

 

Professor Convit  a great medical researcher  born in Caracas Venezuelan in September 1913,  stood out nationally and internationally as a
leader in studies in the field of Dermatology and Public Health , developing
models immunization against leprosy and leishmaniasis at the end of the
eighties , which led him to be among the nominees for the Nobel Prize in
Medicine .

 

 Dr.
Convit created in the decade of the seventies, the National Institute of
Dermatology, current (Institute of Biomedicine  , which to date was its director. Added to
this , among his achievements the creation of the network of national
dermatological outpatient programs and the establishment of monitoring and
control of diseases such as leprosy , leishmaniasis, and onchocerciasis,  paracoccidioidomycosis .

 

Author of
over 200 scientific publications, , recognized nationally and internationally  by his immunization models of endemic diseases
in the country, and  in recent years for
development studies in cancer immunotherapy

 

Jacinto
Convit received numerous national and international awards , some of which the
Sovereign Order of Malta, Knight Grade " Religionis " (1969 ) ,
Armand Frappier Institute Medal Armand Frappier in Canada (1979 ) , Prince of
Asturias Award for Technical and Scientific Research of Spain (1987 ) ,
"Health for all by the Year 2000 " WHO - PAHO (1988 ) , "
Abraham Horwitz for American Health " Prize for the Pan American Health
and Education Foundation (PAHEF ), Washington Medal (1989 ) , Guy Number (
chair No. XXXI) of the National Academy of Medicine, Venezuela (1990 ) , "
Mexico Science and Technology " award from the Government of the United
States of Mexico (1990) and the Legion of Honor of France ( 2011 ) .

 

Dr Convit
always be remembered for his patients, his humility, constant service vocation
for over 75 years and her dedication to the health of Latin American 

 

may his
soul rest in peace

Martín A. Sánchez S. PhD
Laboratorio de Biología Celular
Instituto de Biomedicina

UCV- MSDS
Sàn nicolas a Providencia Apdo.4043
Caracas 1010A Venezuela
Tel: +58-212-8625326/8305323
Fax:+58-212-8619593/8611258



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