[Leish-l] Obituary

[Ahmed Musa]

Professor Convit`s dealth is a great loss. He paved the way for treatment and prevention of leishmaniasis via his pioneering work on vaccines against leishmaniasis. May his soul rest in peace.

Musa
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Dr. Ahmed Mudawi Musa, 
MBBS, DTM & H, DLSHTM, MSc TM & IH, Ph D 
Director, Institute of Endemic Diseases, University of Khartoum
Associate Professor, Head, Department of Clinical Pathology & Immunology 
The Medical campus, PO Box 102 
Tel: +249 9180 43288, Fax: +249 183 779712, Office:+249 183 793264  
www.iend.org

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On Fri, 16/5/14, Dr Abubakar Yaro <editor at atmph.org> wrote:

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 Date: Friday, 16 May, 2014, 6:27
 
 A great loss. May his
 hard work continue to lighten the profession he  
 so much love.
 Dr Abubakar
 Yaro
 Editor-In-Chief
 Annals
 of Tropical Medicine & Public Health
 Editorial Office
 
 
 Quoting Antonieta Rojas de
 Arias <rojasdearias at gmail.com>:
 
 > It. a great loss!! May
 his soul rest in peace.Thanks for this information,
 > we just inform to the paraguayan
 scientific community.
 >
 > http://cedicpy.wordpress.com/2014/05/14/fallecio-el-profesor-jacinto-convit-un-baluarte-de-la-investigacion-cientifica-de-america/
 >
 >
 >
 > 2014-05-14 8:37
 GMT-04:00 Martin Sanchez <martinsanchez1 at gmail.com>:
 >
 >> 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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