(VOVWORLD) - Carlo Urbani Museum opened on Saturday in the Municipality of Castelplanio, Ancona province, Italy as part of activities to mark the 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Italy diplomatic ties. WHO Director-General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus and Counselor Nguyen Thai Hoc at the museum's opening ceremony (Photo: VNA) Carlo Urbani is an infectious disease specialist of the World Health Organization (WHO) in Vietnam, who identified and died of Sars in March 2003. Addressing the opening ceremony, WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus called Dr Urbani the 'hero of the world', a symbol of the global fight against diseases.

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