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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">This is a great loss for the leishmaniasis community all over the world. However, Dr. Convit’s will be remembered through his remarkable contribution in the field
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<p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Comic Sans MS";color:#002060">May his soul rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<b>On Behalf Of </b>Martin Sanchez<br>
<b>Sent:</b> 14 May 2014 18:20<br>
<b>To:</b> Nancy Gore Saravia<br>
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<b>Subject:</b> Re: [Leish-l] Obituary<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">What an amazing life and example of persistence! Dr. Convit left a large footprint on the field of lishmaniasis and many generations of investigators who will carry on with this noble cause.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">Thank you for informing us.<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal">2014-05-14 7:37 GMT-05:00 Martin Sanchez <<a href="mailto:martinsanchez1@gmail.com" target="_blank">martinsanchez1@gmail.com</a>>:<o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">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
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">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 .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US"> 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 .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">Author of over 200 scientific publications, , recognized nationally and internationally by his immunization models of endemic diseases in the country, and in
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">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 ) .</span><o:p></o:p></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-margin-top-alt:auto;mso-margin-bottom-alt:auto"><span lang="EN-US">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
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