René Rachou was a Brazilian physician and researcher on malaria who was the director of the Institute of Malariology of the Oswaldo Cruz Institute in Rio de Janeiro. He also worked with the Pan-American Health Organization.http://www.cpqrr.fiocruz.br/pg/en/about-us/history/ 1957 entry The Institute was moved to Belo Horizonte in 1955, and, after his death, in 1965, it was renamed Centro de Pesquisas René Rachou in his honor.http://www.cpqrr.fiocruz.br/pg/en/about-us/history/ 1966 entry
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External links History of the René Rachou Research Center. Instituto Oswaldo Cruz, in Portuguese.