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Jacinto Convit: Venezuelan Scientist, Creater of Anti-Leprosy Vaccine Dies at 100
Venezuelan physician and scientist Jacinto Convit, creator of the anti-leprosy vaccine and one of the leading researchers in the study of tropical diseases, died Monday in Caracas. He was 100.
Convit, 1987 winner of Spain’s Prince of Asturias Award for Scientific Research, invented a vaccine to prevent and cure leprosy, which in turn provided the basis for creating an immunotherapy for leishmaniasis, and contributed to the study of other illnesses like Chagas disease.
Declared a Public Health Hero by the Pan American Health Organization, Convit worked and taught in the United States for years.
Upon his return to Venezuela he founded the Institute of Biomedicine.
Among the distinctions he received was France’s National Order of the Legion of Honor in 2011.
Published in Latino Daily News
Source: http://www.hispanicallyspeakingnews.com/latino-daily-news/details/jacinto-convit-venezuelan-scientist-creater-of-anti-leprosy-vaccine-diest-a/29922#When:23:51:33Z
