This is Françoise Barré-Sinoussi’s description of these puppets:
“In the 90s, I attended the show of the world-famous Thang Long Water Puppet Theatre in Hanoi and received this gift from Vietnamese colleagues when visiting Vietnam to develop an official partnership with the Health Authorities.
This is symbolic of the day-to-day life of people in low-middle-income countries, with their culture and traditions from which I personally have learned a lot. It embodies my respect for these people, but also my love for theatre.
I think this gift also quite well represents my commitment to strengthening capacity and for developing evidence-based interventions, including community-based interventions to improve access to health care services in low-middle-income countries.”
Françoise Barré-Sinoussi donated the puppets to the Nobel Prize Museum in 2016.
