Azar Andami
Azar Andami' was an Iranian physician and bacteriologist noted for her development of a cholera vaccine.Early life and career
Born in Rasht, Iran in 1926, she began her career as a teacher for the Ministry of Culture.
After teaching she attended the University of Tehran and graduated as a Doctor of Medicine in 1953. At first she specialised in gynaecology. She moved to the Pasteur Institute in Tehran and then to Paris to study bacteriology.
Dr. Azar Andami published several scholarly papers and invented a vaccine against cholera, a bacterial disease primarily caused by drinking contaminated water.Death and legacy
She died in Tehran on 28 August 1984 at the age of 58. A crater, named "Andami", on the planet Venus was named in her honour by the International Astronomical Union.
