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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'><br>Dear Martin,<BR> <BR>Sad news! May the soul of this great scientist rest in peace! <br>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Asrat Hailu Mekuria (PhD)</font></font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Professor of Immunoparasitology</font></font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Faculty of Medicine, Addis Ababa University</font></font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">PO Box 28017 Code 1000</font></font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Addis Ababa, Ethiopia</font></font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font size="3"><font face="Times New Roman">Tel. +251-1-115533197(office); +251-911-480993 (mobile)</font></font></span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormalCxSpMiddle"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">e-mail: </font></span><a href="mailto:hailu_a2004@yahoo.com"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186); text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">hailu_a2004@yahoo.com</font></span></a><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">; </font></span><a href="mailto:a_hailu@hotmail.com"><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186); text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;"><font face="Times New Roman" size="3">a_hailu@hotmail.com</font></span></a><span style="color: rgb(147, 6, 186);"></span></p>
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..</font></p> <br><br> <BR><div><hr id="stopSpelling">Date: Wed, 14 May 2014 08:07:59 -0430<br>From: martinsanchez1@gmail.com<br>To: Leish-l@lineu.icb.usp.br; jayusp@hotmail.com<br>Subject: [Leish-l] Obituary<br><br><div dir="ltr"><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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 100</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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 recent years for
development studies in cancer immunotherapy</span></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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></p>
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<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><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 </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"> </span></p>
<p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US">may his
soul rest in peace</span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><p class="ecxMsoNormal"><span lang="EN-US"><br></span></p><div>Martνn A. Sαnchez S. PhD<br>Laboratorio de Biologνa Celular<br>Instituto de Biomedicina<br>
UCV- MSDS<br>Sΰn nicolas a Providencia Apdo.4043<br>Caracas 1010A Venezuela<br>Tel: +58-212-8625326/8305323<br>Fax:+58-212-8619593/8611258</div>
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