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Zvi Saliternik

Hebrew: ד״ר צבי סָלִיטֶרְנִיק
Birthdate:
Birthplace: Khmelnytskyi, Khmel'nyts'ka oblast, Ukraine
Death: October 17, 1993 (96)
Jerusalem, Israel
Place of Burial: Jerusalem, Israel
Immediate Family:

Son of Chaim Saliternik and Rachel Saliternik
Husband of Shoshana Saliternik
Father of Private and Private
Brother of Nahman Saliternik; Feiga Salitarnik; Esther Maydansky and Yaakov Saliternik

Occupation: Israeli entomologist & parasitologist; eradicator of Malaria in Israel
Managed by: Yigal Burstein
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About Zvi Saliternik

Zvi Sliternik - צבי סליטרניק‎; born 16 May 1897, died 1994) was an Israeli entomologist.

Biography

Sliternik was born in 1897 in Ploskirów, in the Podolia region of Austria-Hungary (now known as Khmelnytskyi, in Ukraine). He began studying medicine in Russia, but did not complete his studies before emigrating in 1919 to Mandate Palestine. There he met Shoshanah Lissauer, a Jewish tourist volunteer from Berlin, Germany, whom he married in 1929.

He returned to his studies, studying biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1946, he received a doctorate.

Sliternik began his entomology work in 1921, as a member of a small unit headed by Dr. Israel Kligler, to develop inexpensive and efficient methods of fighting malaria, which ultimately resulted in the total eradication of malaria in 1962.

He was appointed regional supervisor for the elimination of malaria in the Jezreel Valley and supervised the draining of the marshes in the vicinity of Hadera, as well as additional areas throughout the country. Sliternik served as director of entomological service in the IDF in 1948 and was subsequently director of the entomological department in the Israel Ministry of Health from 1949 to 1962.

In 1962, Sliternik was awarded the Israel Prize, in medicine, for his work on the eradication of malaria in Israel.



Zvi Saliternik (born 16 May 1897, died 1994) was an Israeli entomologist. Sliternik was born in 1897 in Ploskirów, in the Podolia region of Russian Empire (now known as Khmelnytskyi, in Ukraine). He began studying medicine in Russia, but did not complete his studies before emigrating in 1919 to Mandate Palestine. There he met Shoshanah Lissauer, a Jewish tourist volunteer from Berlin, Germany, whom he married in 1929.

He returned to his studies, studying biology at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. In 1946, he received a doctorate.

Sliternik began his entomology work in 1921, as a member of a small unit headed by Dr. Israel Kligler, to develop inexpensive and efficient methods of fighting malaria, which ultimately resulted in the total eradication of malaria in 1962.

He was appointed regional supervisor for the elimination of malaria in the Jezreel Valley and supervised the draining of the marshes in the vicinity of Hadera, as well as additional areas throughout the country. Sliternik served as director of entomological service in the IDF in 1948 and was subsequently director of the entomological department in the Israel Ministry of Health from 1949 to 1962.

In 1962, Sliternik was awarded the Israel Prize, in medicine, for his work on the eradication of malaria in Israel.

About ד״ר צבי סָלִיטֶרְנִיק (עברית)

ד"ר צבי סָלִיטֶרְנִיק (16 במאי 1897 - אוקטובר 1993‏) היה אנטומולוג ופרזיטולוג ישראלי, חתן פרס ישראל על עבודת חייו במיגור מחלת המלריה בארץ ישראל



ד"ר צבי סָלִיטֶרְנִיק (16 במאי 1897 – 17 באוקטובר 1993) היה אנטומולוג ופרזיטולוג ישראלי, חתן פרס ישראל לרפואה על עבודת חייו במיגור מחלת המלריה בארץ ישראל (תשכ"ב–1962).

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Zvi Saliternik's Timeline

1897
May 16, 1897
Khmelnytskyi, Khmel'nyts'ka oblast, Ukraine
1993
October 17, 1993
Age 96
Jerusalem, Israel
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Jerusalem, Israel