The remarkable life of Alexandre Yersin
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01.03.22
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Alexandre Yersin (1863-1943), a Swiss-French doctor and bacteriologist who made extraordinary contributions to medicine and the people of Vietnam, is honoured in new documentary that features his life’s work.
In the documentary, Hung Nguyen-Viet, a Vietnamese national and co-leader of the Animal and Human Health program at the International Livestock Research Institute, speaks about the impact of Dr Yersin’s work on his own career as a 21st-Century scientist working in the area of One Health.
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