Dimitri Venediktov
Dimitri Venediktov was the Deputy Health Minister of the USSR from 1965 to 1981 under Ministers of Health Boris Petrovsky and Sergei Burenkov.[1] In this role, he was instrumental in the campaign to eradicate smallpox and supplying vaccines for the program [2] He was also involved in organizing the Conference of Alma-Ata which was foundational in the field of public health.[3] He was elected to the Congress of People's Deputies of the Soviet Union from 1989 to its dissolution.[1] He currently serves on the Russian Academy of Medical Sciences, focusing on information storage in healthcare.
Dimitri Venediktov | |
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Дмитрий Дмитриевич Венедиктов | |
| Deputy Health Minister of the Soviet Union | |
| In office 1965–1981 | |
| Personal details | |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Spouse(s) | Pavlova Maria (Павлова Мария Григорьевна) |
| Education | Medicine |
| Alma mater | I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University |
Other offices held
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Awards
Venediktov received two Orders of the Red Banner of Labour and one Order of the Badge of Honour amongst other awards.[1]
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References
- Дмитрий Венедиктов — Заведующий кафедрой медицинской информатики и управления при Президиуме РАМН — Кто есть Кто в медицине. Ktovmedicine.ru (2017). at <http://ktovmedicine.ru/people/dmitriy-venediktov.html>
- Henderson, D. Smallpox. 101-103 (Prometheus Books, 2009) a.
- WHO | Consensus during the Cold War: back to Alma-Ata. Who.int (2017). at <http://www.who.int/bulletin/volumes/86/10/08-031008/en/>
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