Alexandre Yersin Prize for Outstanding  Medical Publications  Fifth Edition 2025-2026

 We are pleased to launch the fifth edition of the Alexandre Yersin Prize for Outstanding Publication for Vietnamese medical researchers. The Prize is named in honour of Dr Alexandre Émile-John Yersin (1863 – 1943) who was a great pioneer in medical research in Vietnam, and who discovered the bubonic plague bacillus and Yersinia pestis. His research represented fundamental contributions to the etiologic knowledge of plague and helped eliminate the epidemic disease that claimed millions of people over the century….

 

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Alexandre Yersin Prize for outstanding medical publications 2025-2026-presentation

Alexandre Yersin Prize- press release Vietnamese- 2025 -2026