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Odette Ferreira

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Portuguese microbiologist and HIV researcher

PortugalLived 1925 to 2018 · aged 93
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Maria Odette Santos Ferreira was a Portuguese professor of microbiology who played an important role in research on HIV, through the identification of the HIV-2 virus in association with the Pasteur Institute of Paris.

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2017Grand Cross of the Order of Public Instruction
1987Legion of Honour
1975French Order of Academic Palms
Commander of the Military Order of Saint James of the Sword

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Maria Odette Santos Ferreira was a Portuguese professor of microbiology who played an important role in research on HIV, through the identification of the HIV-2 virus in association with the Pasteur Institute of Paris. She was also the coordinator of the Portuguese programme to fight AIDS, overseeing the "Say no to a second-hand syringe" project, which resulted in the collection and exchange by pharmacies of 43 million used syringes between 1993 and 2008.

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Portugal
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deceased
Dates
Lived 1925 to 2018 · aged 93
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