Yngve A. A. Larsson

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Yngve A. A. Larsson
Ph.D.
Occupation(s)pediatrician, diabetologist, medicine professor
Addis Abeba
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Yngve Axel Andreas Larsson (9 January 1917 – 22 March 2014)

diabetologist
.

Yngve Larsson was the fifth child of

Haile Selassie I University. In parallel, his wife pediatrician Ulla Larsson established the Lideta Maternal and Child Health Center (or Lideta MCH Clinic) nearby with financing from the Swedish branch of Save the Children. In the 1970s Yngve Larsson worked in Linköping, Sweden, in charge of diabetology at Linköping University
and initiating national research in the field.

Yngve Larsson was active in the International Society for Pediatric and Adolescent Diabetes (ISPAD) from its first year, and was a member of its Advisory Council in 1981–1984. After retiring in 1983, he worked within Swedish National Board of Health and Welfare for several years.

Larsson died from

natural causes on 22 March 2014 in Lidingö. He was 97 years old.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "Familjeannonser : Yngve Larsson J:r". Dagens Nyheter Kultur (in Swedish). 2 April 2014. p. 15.

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