Jacinto Convit
Jacinto Convit García (born September 11, 1913 in Caracas ; † May 12, 2014 ibid) was a Venezuelan medic .
Life
Convit's best-known accomplishments were the development of the first vaccine against leprosy and another against leishmaniasis , for which he was nominated for the 1988 Nobel Prize in Medicine . On April 10, 1987, he received the Prince of Asturias Prize for Scientific and Technical Research. He also received the Damien-Dutton Award , the National Prize for Medicine in Venezuela , the Science and Technology Prize of Mexico, and the Pan-American Soopr and Horowitz Awards. He worked for the World Health Organization for a long time and worked as the head of the Institute for Biomedicine in Venezuela.
Web links
- Gabriela Bergmaier Lopes: Physician Jacinto Convit dies at the age of 100. Obituary on latina-press.de from May 12, 2014
- Jacinto Convit in Fundacion Príncipe de Asturias (in English)
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| SURNAME | Convit, Jacinto |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Convit García, Jacinto (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Venezuelan doctor and scientist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 11, 1913 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Caracas |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 12, 2014 |
| Place of death | Caracas |